Análisis de ingresos hospitalarios por asma

Abstract

Bronchial asthma is a chronic disease with a great impact on the quality of life of patients. Hospital admissions for asthma exacerbations have a high impact on healthcare resource consumption. Therefore, describing the clinical characteristics of hospitalized patients, as well as identifying the risk factors associated with asthma exacerbations, can improve disease control and prevent emergency room visits and hospital admissions.ObjectivesCharacterize the asthmatic patient admitted to the Respiratory Service of the Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2018, due to exacerbations of this disease. Describe prescribing patterns of asthma treatment in real life based on the asthma diagnosis, according to the GINA guidelines, and the compliance of the treatment of patients with clinical practice guidelines. Evaluate the results of hospital admissions for asthma in terms of hospital stay, readmissions, associated factors and mortality.Materials and methodsRetrospective, observational and longitudinal study of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation during the study period. We collected clinical characteristics, pulmonary function tests, disease treatment and comorbidities. In addition, we recorded the number of readmissions within six months after hospital discharge...