TY  - JOUR
TI  - Etiological Evaluation of Infants with Wheezing
AB  - Objective: Patients with recurrent wheezing should be evaluated for asthma and the differential diagnosis should be posed carefully. The 
study aimed to evaluate the demographic and etiological characteristics of patients presenting with recurrent wheezing less than 3 years.
Methods: Ninety‐two children with wheezing were included in this retrospective study at the University of Health Sciences Turkey, Dr. Sami 
Ulus Maternity Outpatient Clinic, Children’s and Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey between March 2009 and March 
2010. The demographic characteristics, number of wheezing episodes over the last year, the number of hospitalizations, and eosinophil 
counts were recorded.
Results: The mean age of the participants was 19.9+-9.4 months and the youngest patient was 6 months old. The sample population 
included seventy (70) boys. The etiologic evaluation of the study population included 42 patients with atopic wheezing, 28 patients with 
gastroesophageal reflux (GER), and 23 patients with a viral associated wheezing. Eosinophilia was not statistically significant in patients with 
a family history of atopy (18 patients) related to those with no family history of atopy.
Conclusion: In this study, the most prevalent etiological factor was atopy, followed by GER and viral agents, respectively. The definition of 
children with wheezing includes diseases with different pathophysiology, course, and prognosis. Children with non-atopic wheezing may 
develop chronic lung inflammation similar to asthma. It is necessary to identify these disorders early enough via monitoring closely and 
managing adequately. Obtained from the thesis titled, “Is there a diagnostic value of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in wheezing infants?”.
AU  - vural, özge
AU  - susam sen, hilal
DO  - 10.4274/eamr.galenos.2019.65487
PY  - 2021
JO  - European Archives of Medical Research
VL  - 37
IS  - 4
SN  - 2651-3137
SP  - 213
EP  - 216
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/518733
ER  -