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Abstract
pediatric asthma is considered the most common chronic pediatric iliness nowadays , and il is rapidly increasing in
prevalence .This evident rise of pediatric asthma prevalence
necessitates continuous evaluation of the medical services .
Aim of the work:
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of
bronchial asthma among primary schoolchildren in El-Menoufiya
govemorate , various contributing factors, and the different patterns
of clinical presentation .
Subjects :
Children attending eight (8) primary school (6044 children)
were surveyed constituting the target population . They were 3035
males and 3009 females , their ages ranged from 6 up to 12 years.
All asthmatics detected from the survey (181 asthmatics)
were subjected for clinical history , physical examination , basic
laboratory data ,chest-x-ray, resting and post bronchodilator
pulmonary function tests .
The results: of the present study showed:
- The overall prevalence rate of childhood bronchial asthma in primary
schools was 6.5 %.
- The prevalence rate is higher in urban schools than rural schools as it is
7.1% and 6.0% respectively.
- In our study there is no sex predominance as male to female ratio 1/1.03
respectively.
- The most common complaint of pediatric asthmatic patients was cough