The use of inhaled corticosteroid in preschool wheezers: what's the point today?
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Among the preschool children who wheeze two different groups can be identify: children who have a viral infection and those who respond to multiple triggers, such as exercise or allergens.</p> <p>To distinguish between these different phenotypes of wh...
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2009-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Among the preschool children who wheeze two different groups can be identify: children who have a viral infection and those who respond to multiple triggers, such as exercise or allergens.</p> <p>To distinguish between these different phenotypes of wheezing, and consequently choose therapy represents a major challenge for pediatricians.</p> <p>Transient wheezers conditions do not improve with maintenance treatment with ICS. On the other hand they are definitely useful in children with wheeze/asthma.</p> <p>Increasing evidence is in favor of the potential role of leukotriene receptor antagonists in preschool children with recurrent wheezing.</p> <p>Oral steroid has been demonstrated not to be indicated to control acute wheezing, unless severe disease is expected in non-atopic children.</p> <p>The early phenotyping of preschool wheezers, upon which the appropriate treatment should be based, represents a challenging issue in the paediatric practice.</p> |
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| Item Description: | 10.1186/1824-7288-35-43 1720-8424 1824-7288 |