Allergy Notes, Evidence-based Information by Board-certified Physicians

Preschool Recurrent Wheezing and Asthma

Side effects during subcutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) in children: severe systemic side effects in 0.03% of all treatments

Severe Asthma in Children - free full text review in JACI: In Practice

Children with highest exposure to allergens and bacteria during first year of life were least likely to have wheeze and allergic sensitization

Children treated daily with ICS grow 0.5 cm less during the first year of treatment, no difference second year

"Urban childhood asthma" - what are the causes and how to manage them?

Sensitization to outdoor aeroallergens present in 9.5% of children aged 0 to 2 years, 18% of children aged 2-4

Exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) at preschool age predicts later asthma, similarly to mAPI

Perinatal risk factors for persistent wheezing in first 8 years of life: male gender, parental allergy, not breastfeed

Wheeze phenotypes in young children: no remission is observed in atopic multiple-trigger wheeze

Small Airway Targeted Therapy in Pediatric Asthma: Are We There Yet?

Helpful diagnostic tool: Modified Asthma Predictive Index increases future asthma probability from 30% to 90%

Nebulizer delivery not better than metered-dose inhalers with spacer in adults or children

Outcomes of early-onset wheeze and asthma: Lung function growth patterns established by age 6 continue into adulthood

No effect from montelukast on respiratory symptoms and lung function in wheezy infants

Wheezing disorders in preschool children: an evidence-based approach

Sputum inflammatory phenotypes are not stable in children with asthma

Effect of childhood asthma and inhaled steroid on adult height: 1.2 cm lower height with budesonide vs. placebo