BACKGROUND A rising trend in Sri Lanka for asthma and wheezing illness is observed with higher morbidity in younger children and a paucity of related research. 'Under-served settlements' (USS) of Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) have poor living environments conducive to childhood wheezing. The objective was to describe the prevalence and associated factors of wheezing illnesses of three to five...

BACKGROUND In elderly asthmatics, underdiagnosis is one of the important features. The main reason for underdiagnosis is thought to be a low frequency in complaining of symptoms due to the reduction of intellectual recognition and physical activity. Among the various symptoms, wheezing is the principal clue in diagnosing bronchial asthma, and decreased complaints for wheezing are also noted in ...

human metapneumovirus (hmpv) infection plays an important role in the pediatric respiratory infections. the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between asthma and wheezing with hmpv in hospitalized children. nasal pharyngeal swabs obtained from 120 children aged 1-60 months, hospitalized during a one year period, were tested for the hmpv by rt-pcr. hmpv was detected in 20 (16.6%...

BACKGROUND Wheezing is a common symptom in early childhood. However, refractory wheezing is difficult to treat, and it may thus account for extensive use of medical resources. It is therefore important to improve our understanding of the pathophysiology of refractory childhood wheezing. METHODS In this descriptive study, we studied 156 children with refractory wheezing using fiberoptic bronch...

Asthma is considered a chronic disease, but not all preschool wheezing is asthma since most will eventually grow out of their symptoms. Although still a matter of debate, preschool wheezing can be classified in 2 major groups: virus-induced wheezing and multitrigger wheezing, having a different prognosis and a different treatment approach. Virus-induced wheezing is the most common phenotype of ...

BACKGROUND A growing body of evidence shows that childhood wheezing may lead to recurrent or persistent symptoms in adulthood, such that persistent wheezing associated with lung function deficits often have their roots in the first few years of life. OBJECTIVES We summarized information from several prospective cohort studies following children with or without wheezing into adulthood, to esti...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence and the clinical characteristics of wheezing in 12-15 months old infants in the city of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso State, Midwest Brazil. METHODS Parents and/or guardians of infants were interviewed and completed a written standardized questionnaire of the "Estudio Internacional de Sibilancia en Lactantes" (EISL) - phase 3 at primary health care clinics at the sa...

OBJECTIVE To examine the serum retinol levels of wheezing children, and to investigate the relation as an biochemical indicator of vitamin A status in wheezing children between serum levels of retinol and severity of wheezing. METHODS A prospective cohort study including 400 wheezing Saudi children aged 3-36 months, who were treated in the pediatrics ward of Ohoud Public Hospital in Al-Madina...

Around the world, thousands of times a day, an infant 6 to 8 months old with a runny nose, a cough, and wheezing arrives in a pediatrician’s office or an outpatient clinic. In Western countries about one in three children has at least one episode of wheezing before his or her third birthday.1 Even with all these wheezy children, we still do not know the answers to a number of basic questions. W...

BACKGROUND Although wheezing is very common in preschoolers, epidemiologic studies in Thailand are quite limited. The likelihood of having a second wheezing episode following the first attack remains unclearly established. OBJECTIVES This study aims to investigate the incidence of recurrent wheezing in preschool children presenting with first wheezing episode and identify the associated facto...