Wheezing bronchitis in children. Incidence, viral infections, and other risk factors in a defined population
| Autor: | Lennart Nordvall, A Ehrnst, E Rylander, Margareta Eriksson, Göran Pershagen, T Ziegler |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Immediate Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Immunology Population Risk Factors Humans Immunology and Allergy Medicine Respiratory sounds Risk factor Bronchitis education Respiratory Sounds Asthma Sweden education.field_of_study medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Infant medicine.disease Hospitalization Upper respiratory tract infection Virus Diseases Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Tobacco Smoke Pollution Seasons Viral disease business |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 7:6-11 |
| ISSN: | 1399-3038 0905-6157 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1399-3038.1996.tb00099.x |
| Popis: | Risk factors for severe wheezing bronchitis were studied in children aged 4 months to 4 years in need of hospitalization. The children included in the study consisted of all cases generated from a geographically defined population, the catchment area of St Göran's hospital in Stockholm. The incidence was 3/1000 children and year, during the two years of observation, with the highest rate in boys under the age of 18 months (4.7/1000). Symptoms of a preceding upper respiratory tract infection were reported in 90% of the cases, but a viral etiology could only be demonstrated with virus isolation in 26%. Respiratory syncytial virus was the most common finding in younger children. Rhinovirus was primarily seen in older children with a history of previous wheezing. Regardless of whether the cases had a positive or negative virus isolation they showed the same seasonal distribution. Furthermore, there was no difference in risk factors between children with a positive and negative virus isolation. Children older than 18 months with negative virus isolation had higher IgE levels than those with positive isolation, suggesting that atopy is of greater importance in this group. |
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