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Table 3 Spectrum of diagnosis of asthma and allergic skin diseases

From: Characteristics of childhood allergic diseases in outpatient and emergency departments in Shanghai, China, 2016–2018: a multicenter, retrospective study

Characteristic

2016

2017

2018

Total

Asthma

 Asthma alone

237,480 (88.9)

233,497 (89.5)

243,975 (81.6)

714,952 (86.5)

 Asthma complicated by respiratory infection

14,361 (5.4)

7790 (3.0)

8275 (2.8)

30,729 (3.7)

 Severe asthma attack

570 (0.2)

781 (0.3)

1588 (0.5)

2636 (0.3)

 Status asthmaticus

24 (0.009)

26 (0.010)

12 (0.004)

62 (0.007)

 Cough variant asthma

14,620 (5.5)

18,736 (7.2)

45,047 (15.7)

78,403 (9.5)

Allergic skin disease

 Atopic dermatitis

176,885 (70.9)

242,312 (72.7)

235,712 (69.0)

654,909 (70.8)

 Acute urticaria

68,853 (27.6)

84,410 (25.3)

96,826 (28.3)

250,089 (27.0)

 Chronic urticaria

2406 (0.96)

2901 (0.870)

2974 (0.870)

8281 (0.895)

 Contact dermatitis

780 (0.313)

1861 (0.558)

3125 (0.914)

5766 (0.624)

 Angioedema

552 (0.221)

1465 (0.440)

2665 (0.780)

4682 (0.506)

 Photosensitive dermatitis

114 (0.046)

196 (0.059)

347 (0.102)

657 (0.071)

 Drug Eruption

6 (0.002)

139 (0.042)

208 (0.061)

353 (0.038)