Asthma

Measuring airway resistance in kids shows later asthma risk

Published in Immunotherapy Weekly, February 4th, 2004

Measurement of airway resistance in 4-year-old children with different types of wheezing, using a new approach, could help identify those at high risk of asthma at a later date, according to researchers from Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, and other centers in The Netherlands.

The study's investigators pointed out that measurement of airway resistance in 838 4-year-olds with what is called the interrupter resistance technique (Rint) could help identify young children at high risk of asthma. The technique does not require the active cooperation of the child, as do other airway tests. Just over half of the children (482) never wheezed; 236 (28%) had early...

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