標題: Predictive factors of the duration of a first-attack acute urticaria in children
作者: Lin, Yan-Ren
Liu, Tzu-Hsuan
Wu, Tung-Kung
Chang, Yu-Jun
Chou, Chu-Chung
Wu, Han-Ping
生物科技學系
Department of Biological Science and Technology
公開日期: 1-Oct-2011
摘要: Purposes: This study's aim was to determine the predictive factors of the duration of first-attack acute urticaria in children. Basic Procedures: The sample included 1075 children admitted to the emergency department with first-attack acute urticaria. Variables comprising the clinical features and past histories of children with duration of disease of 3 days or less, 4 to 7 days, 8 to 14 days, and 15 days or more were compared to determine the predictors of duration of acute urticaria. Main Findings: Age, various etiologies, clinical presentations, coexistent pyrexia or angioedema, and personal histories of allergic diseases were significant factors (all P < .05). Among allergic diseases, atopic dermatitis was the most significant predictor of duration of acute urticaria, and those with multiple allergic diseases had longer durations of urticaria (both P < .05). Oral plus injection forms of antihistamine or steroid were related to shorter duration of disease (P < .05). Principal Conclusions: Etiologies and personal allergy history may be the most important predictors of the duration of a first attack of acute urticaria. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2010.04.004
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/14772
ISSN: 0735-6757
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.04.004
期刊: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Volume: 29
Issue: 8
起始頁: 883
結束頁: 889
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