Pediatric Asthma Epidemiology: 530 Atopic Phenotype in Children under 6 Years with Persistent Wheezing in El Salvador

摘要

BackgroundAsthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood and the leading cause of childhood morbidity. Even if an early intervention could improve their symptoms, the diagnosis of asthma in the first years of age is difficult. This study is the first effort to describe the atopic profile and the risk of developing asthma in a group of children from El Salvador with recurrent wheezing.