Heterogeneity of emergency treatment practices in wheezing preschool children
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Preschool wheezing
Pediatricians face many challenges when diagnosing wheezing in preschool children. These diagnostic challenges are compounded by variations in the natural history of early stage asthma, which are not fully understood, since early childhood wheezing and asthma are heterogeneous disorders with many phenotypic and variable expressions. Several risk factors related to genetic, prenatal, and postnat...
متن کاملDevelopment of wheezing disorders and asthma in preschool children.
Recent longitudinal studies have shed light on the pathogenesis and progression of asthma. The patterns of expression of childhood asthma that persist into adult life have been explored. Distinct asthma phenotypes (transient wheezing, nonatopic wheezing, and atopy-associated asthma) have been identified. Defining which children are at risk for persistent asthma could allow for better management...
متن کاملHypertonic saline and acute wheezing in preschool children.
BACKGROUND Most acute wheezing episodes in preschool children are associated with rhinovirus. Rhinovirus decreases extracellular adenosine triphosphate levels, leading to airway surface liquid dehydration. This, along with submucosal edema, mucus plaques, and inflammation, causes failure of mucus clearance. These preschool children do not respond well to available treatments, even oral steroids...
متن کاملDaily or intermittent budesonide in preschool children with recurrent wheezing.
BACKGROUND Daily inhaled glucocorticoids are recommended for young children at risk for asthma exacerbations, as indicated by a positive value on the modified asthma predictive index (API) and an exacerbation in the preceding year, but concern remains about daily adherence and effects on growth. We compared daily therapy with intermittent therapy. METHODS We studied 278 children between the a...
متن کاملUpdate on leukotriene receptor antagonists in preschool children wheezing disorders
Asthma is the most common chronic disease in young children. About 40% of all preschool children regularly wheeze during common cold infections. The heterogeneity of wheezing phenotypes early in life and various anatomical and emotional factors unique to young children present significant challenges in the clinical management of this problem. Anti-inflammatory therapy, mainly consisting of inha...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Acta Paediatrica
سال: 2021
ISSN: 0803-5253,1651-2227
DOI: 10.1111/apa.15915