BACKGROUND For the early identification of persistent asthma symptoms among young children with recurrent wheezing, it would be helpful to identify all available studies that have identified at least one factor for predicting the persistence of early wheezing. The objective of the present study was to perform a systematic review of all studies that have identified factors that predict the persi...

OBJECTIVE Wheezing is a widely used physical sign of asthma that physicians assess in evaluation of their asthmatic patients. It may be possible to teach the parents to recognize it and to assess its severity so as to help them make better informed judgment in monitoring their children with asthma. STUDY DESIGN Parents were taught to recognize wheezing by placing their ear over the chest and ...

BACKGROUND We aimed to show the relationship between recurrence of wheezing and serum levels of vitamin D, zinc, and copper in wheezy children compared with a healthy group. METHODS In this cross sectional study, seventy-three children with wheezing and seventy-five controls were included without a follow-up period. The clinical characteristics of the children were assessed, the asthma predic...

OBJECTIVE Asthma and respiratory symptoms are common in children, and many studies have shown associations between childhood symptoms and impaired lung function in adult life. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association of various respiratory symptoms with wheezing patterns (persistent, early, and late-onset) and lung function, as well as to determine whether lung function w...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate whether infants with rhinovirus (RV) infection-induced wheezing and those with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection-induced wheezing have different cytokine profiles in the acute stage. METHODS Of the infants with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) between September 2011 and May 2012, 88 were confirmed using reverse transcription poly...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of wheezing in the chest among adults, and to explore the effect of some variables on the prevalence of this condition. METHODS This was a prospective cohort study on individuals born in the city of Pelotas (Southern Brazil) in 1982. A total of 4,297 subjects was traced in 2004-5, representing 77.4% of the original cohort. Data were collected by means of i...

BACKGROUND: Occurring of recurrent wheezing attacks signify a significant healthcare problem and considered one the most common causes emergency unit admission hospitalizations. AIM: The aim study is to determine associations hospital admissions in children with wheezing. METHODS: Cross-sectional descriptive 102 wheezy chest. Data collected from admitted patients by direct interview patients’ f...

Daytime sleepiness and neural cardiac modulation in sleep-related breathing disorders. Viral wheezing is virus specific and not just host specific To the Editors: In a recent issue of the European Respiratory Journal, STRIPPOLI et al. [1] reported their interesting findings on exclusive viral wheezing versus allergic wheezing in a large population-based, prospectively followed cohort including ...

Methods Parents of infants aged between 12 and 15 months, residents in six Brazilian cities: Belém, Belo Horizonte, Cuiaba, Curitiba, Recife and São Paulo, participated in interviews between 2005 and 2010 answered the questionnaire EISL. The infants were divided according to birth weight: normal weight (NW= 2,500g or more) or low birthweight (LW = less than 2,500g). Infants were also divided ac...