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| Sultana,Tayyaba; Afzal,Aqsa; Sultana,Salma; Al-Ghanim,Khalid; Shahid,Tehniat; Jabeen,Zahra; Turab,Nusrat; Ahmed,Z.; Mahboob,Shahid. |
| ABSTRACT A cross sectional study was conducted in two types of respiratory patients in hospital population. It was found that tuberculosis (T.B) was the most common type (29.66%) followed by the asthma (28.08%) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (11.31%). Average age of diagnosis was 42.15 ± 0.65 years and average age at present 47.99 ± 0.70 years. Age group 51-60 years was more prone to this disease (21.13%). Most of the patients were married (80.06%). The highest representation of patients with respiratory diseases was observed in 1st birth order (30.36%) followed by 2nd (26.49%) and 3rd (18.45%), while the lowest was in 10th birth order (0.40%). Tuberculosis, asthma and COPD are the most prevalent types of respiratory diseases.... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Respiratory; Age; Sex; Urban; Rural; Income. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132017000100418 |
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