[Characteristics of asthma patients who need repeated hospitalization; frequency of use of systemic corticosteroids, emergency and unscheduled hospital visits and habitual use of sleeping pills].

Background: This study aimed to analyze the characteristics of frequently hospitalized patients.

Methods: The clinical characteristics of 310 cases having hospitalization episodes (206 patients) for asthma attack analyzed retrospectively based on their clinical records.

Results: Nineteen out of the 206 patients were hospitalized more than just three times during the study period.