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Review
. 2016 Jan;5(1):31-6.
doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2224-4336.2015.12.01.

Recurrent wheezing in children

Laura Tenero  1 , Michele Piazza  1 , Giorgio Piacentini  1
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Review

Recurrent wheezing in children

Laura Tenero et al. Transl Pediatr. 2016 Jan.

Abstract

Recurrent wheezing have a significant morbidity and it's estimated that about one third of school-age children manifest the symptom during the first 5 years of life. Proper identification of children at risk of developing asthma at school age may predict long-term outcomes and improve treatment and preventive approach, but the possibility to identify these children at preschool age remains limited. For many years authors focused their studies to identify early children with recurrent wheezing at risk to develop asthma at school age. Different phenotypes have been proposed for a more precise characterization and a personalized plan of treatment. The main criticism concerns the inability to define stable phenotypes with the risk of overestimating or underestimating the characteristics of symptoms in these children. The aim of this review is to report the recent developments on the diagnosis and treatment of recurrent paediatric wheezing.

Keywords: Recurrent wheezing; children; classification; diagnosis; treatment.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: G Piacentini has served in advisory boards for Aerocrine AB, Chiesi S.p.A., Sensor Medics Italia s.r.l., Stallergenes Italia s.r.l. and received lectures fees for Aerocrine AB, Chiesi S.p.A., Italchimici S.p.A., Meda Pharma S.p.A., ThermoFisher/Phadia s.r.l. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Multi factorial etiology of recurrent wheezing and asthma.
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