RESPIRATORY DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD AS A RISK FACTOR FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ASTHMA IN ADULTS
Wheezing in infants has been documented as a risk factor for asthma in childhood, adolescence and adulthood, and becomes important when it comes to recurrent wheezing (three or more episodes per year). The diagnosis of recurrent wheezing and asthma in infants and preschoolers is essentially clinical. With important risk factors such as viral infections, being male, prematurity, among others, after the need to rule out differential diagnoses such as primary immunodeficiency, cystic fibrosis, foreign body aspiration and gastroesophageal reflux disease. If an etiological diagnosis is not achieved, the treatment must be based on the same basis as the treatment of asthma. The lack of a gold standard for diagnosing asthma in the preschool period is an important gap in the prediction rules, therefore.
RESPIRATORY DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD AS A RISK FACTOR FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ASTHMA IN ADULTS
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DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1592752225116
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Palavras-chave: asthma, wheezing in infants, respiratory disease
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Keywords: asthma, wheezing in infants, respiratory disease
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Abstract:
Wheezing in infants has been documented as a risk factor for asthma in childhood, adolescence and adulthood, and becomes important when it comes to recurrent wheezing (three or more episodes per year). The diagnosis of recurrent wheezing and asthma in infants and preschoolers is essentially clinical. With important risk factors such as viral infections, being male, prematurity, among others, after the need to rule out differential diagnoses such as primary immunodeficiency, cystic fibrosis, foreign body aspiration and gastroesophageal reflux disease. If an etiological diagnosis is not achieved, the treatment must be based on the same basis as the treatment of asthma. The lack of a gold standard for diagnosing asthma in the preschool period is an important gap in the prediction rules, therefore.
- rodolfo matias de melo
- Heloisa Griese Luciano dos Santos
- João Guilherme Moura Luciano dos Santos
- Priscila Perpetuo Almeida do Nascimento
- Shirlei de Oliveira Soares Araújo
- Djeine Capocci Batista
- Paloma Aline Fernandes Santos
- Yvone Taube Maranho
- Dejanilton Melo da Silva
- Luis Antônio Luciano dos Santos
