Investigation of the Influence of Low Birth Weight on the Severity of Asthma in Prealdolescent Children and Aldolescence.
- Author:
Hoon JEUNG
1
;
Heung Dae KIM
;
Yun Jin LEE
;
Kyun Woo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Dae-Dong Hospital, Busan, Korea. pedrics@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Low birth weight infant;
Bronchial asthma
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Asthma*;
Birth Weight;
Case-Control Studies;
Child*;
Humans;
Hypersensitivity;
Immunoglobulin E;
Infant;
Infant, Low Birth Weight*;
Infant, Newborn;
Methacholine Chloride;
Parturition;
Reference Values;
Retrospective Studies;
Risk Factors;
Survival Rate
- From:Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease
2006;16(1):38-46
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: Over the past several decades, the survival rates of low birth weight(LBW; birth weight <2,500 g) infants have been improving. Many of these infants have had bronchial asthma(BA) at childhood and aldolescence. The aim of this study is to investigate whether LBW influenced the severity of BA in prealdolescent children and aldolescence by a retrospective case control study. METHODS: 15 LBW children(1,500 g
