TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1986//
TI  - Sudden death in adolescent asthma
JO  - New England and regional allergy proceedings
A1  - Lewiston, N. J.
A1  - Rubinstein, S.
SP  - 448
EP  - 453
VL  - 7
IS  - 5
N2  - There has been an increase in mortality from asthma in the adolescent age group in the past several years. Although the exact cause of this is not known, a number of factors probably contribute. We have identified four areas of major concern which we believe place adolescents with asthma at high risk. These include physiological factors such as night-time worsening of disease (or "dipping"), non-compliance with the medical regimen, stress associated with daily living and parental expectation, and depression/suicide with asthma as the modality. Identification of those individuals who are at risk and intervention into the contributory factors may reduce asthma deaths.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0742-2814
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -