Recurrent wheezing in children with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis in Qatar.
Records of 70 infants admitted to Hamad General Hospital with RSV bronchiolitis and a similar number of controls were retrospectively reviewed. Two years after admission, 44% of the infants with RSV bronchiolitis developed recurrent wheezing compared with only 12.9% of controls (P = 0.001). A family history of atopy appeared not to be a significant predisposing factor for the occurrence of recurrent wheezing in post RSV bronchiolitis patients. These results are similar to those from similar studies in industrialized countries.
Osundwa
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Department of Paediatrics, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, Arabian Gulf.
Dawod
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Ehlayel
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D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000235:genetics; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology*; D018357:Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections; D018113:Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human; D012189:Retrospective Studies