Does passive smoke exposure trigger acute asthma attack in children?
| Autor: | Refika Ersu, Savaş Inan, Ömer Ceran, Fazilet Karakoc, Elif Dagli, Bulent Karadag |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Adult Male Parents medicine.medical_specialty Passive smoking Adolescent Turkey Urinary system Immunology Attack rate medicine.disease_cause Asymptomatic chemistry.chemical_compound Internal medicine Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Immunology and Allergy Humans Prospective Studies Child Cotinine Asthma Creatinine business.industry Smoking Infant General Medicine medicine.disease Passive Smoke Exposure chemistry Anesthesia Child Preschool Acute Disease Female Tobacco Smoke Pollution medicine.symptom Emergencies business Biomarkers |
| Zdroj: | Allergologia et immunopathologia. 31(6) |
| ISSN: | 0301-0546 |
| Popis: | The relationship between asthma and passive smoking has been well established. However, it is still not clear whether an acute asthma attack can be induced by acute smoke exposure. The specific aims of this study were: 1- To assess the degree of smoke exposure through urinary cotinine levels in asthmatic children during and 4 weeks after asthma attacks and, 2- To evaluate the reliability of parental questionnaires in asthmatic children by comparing the data obtained from cotinine measurements and parental reports. Thirty-two consecutive asthmatic children who were admitted to the emergency clinic were included in the study. Parents were asked to complete a questionnaire about their smoking habits and housing conditions. Urinary cotinine and creatinine levels were measured in children during and 4 weeks after the acute asthma attack. The mean age of the patients was 5.7 ± 3.2 years. The mean attack rate was 3.5 ± 3.8 per year. Thirty-eight percent of the patients were taking no preventive treatment. In 80 % of patients, urinary cotinine and creatinine ratios (CCR) were significantly above the non-exposed, non-smoker levels. However, CCR levels during acute asthma attacks were not higher than those measured 4 weeks after the acute attack (314.6 ± 299.1 vs. 203.8 ± 165.2 ng/mg respectively, p > 0.05). Although parental reports of passive smoke exposure was 71 %, CCR levels revealed that 81 % and 97 % of children were exposed to passive smoke during acute attacks and asymptomatic periods, respectively. In conclusion, although the proportion of children with acute asthma attacks who were exposed to passive smoking was high, the degree of passive smoke exposure was not higher during acute attacks. Parental questionnaires were found to be unreliable in reporting passive smoke exposure in asthmatic children during acute attacks |
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