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Table 1 Respiratory diseases.

From: Access to paediatric emergency departments in Italy: a comparison between immigrant and Italian patients

RESPIRATORY DISEASES

FOREIGN PATIENTS

ITALIAN PATIENTS

 

n

%

n

%

UPPER-AIRWAYS DISEASES

250

28.2

178

22.3

SINUSITIS

4

0.5

5

0.6

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA

129

14.6

141

17.7

PHARYNGOTONSILLITIS

252

28.5

200

25.1

LARYNGITIS

36

4.1

44

5.5

INFLUENZAL SYNDROME

39

4.4

16

2.0

BRONCHITIS

64

7.2

94

11.8

BRONCHOSPASM

47

5.3

54

6.8

BRONCHIOLITIS

17

1.9

22

2.8

POLMONITIS

47

5.3

43

5.4

Total

885

100.0

798

100.0

  1. Specific respiratory diagnoses in foreign and Italian patients.