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Growth Assessment in Asthmatic Patients

    Jinan Soaod Oraiby Haider Talib Hussain Asaad Abdullah Abbas Maher Mohammed Hassan

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2013, Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 376-382

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Abstract

BSTRACT:
BACKGROUND:
Asthma is a chronic disease &the chronic disease states regardless etiology can cause growth failure in
infant &toddler.
OBJECTIVE :
To assess growth of asthmatic patients
PATIENT AND METHODS:
One hundred asthmatic children between (5-15 years) of age . Both asthmatic & control group studied in
term of height, weight & Skin fold thickness, all anthropometric measurements of height, weight &skin
fold thickness measured for both groups.
RESULT:
Height, weight &skin fold thickness were significantly retarded in asthmatic, the more severe the
disease &longer duration the more retardation in the height & weight.
The height was affected more than the weight by the disease duration & severity .The diminution in skin
fold thickness was retarded both with increase disease duration & severity but the female was less
retarded than male as the disease duration prolonged.
CONCLUSION:
All growth parameter (height, weight, SFT) affected by asthma (duration & severity), so the growth
parameters can be used in asthmatic children to evaluate the effect of treatment
Keywords:
    growth parameter bronchial asthma
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(2013). Growth Assessment in Asthmatic Patients. Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal, 12(3), 376-382.
Jinan Soaod Oraiby; Haider Talib Hussain; Asaad Abdullah Abbas; Maher Mohammed Hassan. "Growth Assessment in Asthmatic Patients". Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal, 12, 3, 2013, 376-382.
(2013). 'Growth Assessment in Asthmatic Patients', Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal, 12(3), pp. 376-382.
Growth Assessment in Asthmatic Patients. Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2013; 12(3): 376-382.
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