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Patients with thunderstorm asthma or severe asthma in Melbourne: a comparison
Author(s) -
Sutherland Michael F,
Portelli Emma Le,
Collins Allison L,
Rahman Muhammad Aziz,
McDonald Christine F
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja17.00780
Subject(s) - library science , citation , art history , media studies , sociology , art , computer science
heMelbourne epidemic thunderstorm asthma (ETA) event of 21/22 November 2016 was unprecedented in size and T health impact. There is an urgent need to understand the characteristics of the people who were affected. We therefore sought to characterise the patients with ETAwho attended Austin Health, ametropolitan teaching hospital in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, during the event, and to compare them with patients with severe asthma.