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Preschool wheeze among a retrospective cohort of Egyptian children

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Allergy
Pediatrics

Abstract

Background: Prevalence of recurrent wheeze in the preschool age was reported to affect one third of children in the developed world, with even more frequency and severity in the developing countries. Epidemiological studies on this subject in Egypt are lacking. We sought to investigate the frequency and different phenotypes of preschool wheeze (PSW) among a group of Egyptian children and their relation to different risk factors. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted on 1209 children, aged 6-10 years, recruited from the Outpatients' Clinics of Ain Shams University Hospitals from March 2019 to March 2021. Children with underlying chronic disease or suspected to be immunodeficient were excluded. The main study tool was a survey composed of 30 questions and presented to the parent/caregiver via direct interviewing by the investigator and included sociodemographic data details of wheezing episodes before the age of 6, wheezing risk factors and comorbidities. Skin prick test (SPT) was done for the prolonged early, persistent early and late onset wheezers, while pulmonary function tests were done for the currently asthmatics patients . Results: History of PSW was positive in 298/1209 (24.6%) of the participants. According to the onset, duration and course of wheezes, preschool wheezers were classified as transient wheezers (10.4%), prolonged early wheezers (3.9%), late onset wheezers (3.2%) and persistent wheezers (7.1%) relevant to the whole cohort. Fifty percent of PSW were multi-trigger wheeze while 39.3% were episodic viral wheeze. Twenty-five patients out of 148 wheezers (16.9%) who underwent SPT were found to be atopic. Conclusion: PSW is commonly reported among Egyptian children, paralleling international reports with transient and persistent early wheezing being the most common phenotypes in Egypt.

DOI

10.21608/ejpa.2022.264469

Keywords

Preschool wheezes, Transient, persistent, children

Authors

First Name

Zeinab

Last Name

El-Sayed

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A.

Affiliation

Pediatric allergy and immunology unit, Children's Hospital, Ain Shams University

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zeinabawad@gmail.com

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First Name

Rasha

Last Name

El-Owaidy

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Affiliation

MD, PhD. Lecturer of Pediatrics and Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Ain-Shams University, Egypt. Member, ESPAI, WAO, EAACI, ESID, ASID

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rasha2hasan@gmail.com

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0000-0002-5609-4160

First Name

Ghada

Last Name

Wassif

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Affiliation

Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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First Name

Roba

Last Name

Al-Gaweesh

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Affiliation

Pediatrics Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, Children's Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

r.m.gawesh88@gmail.com

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First Name

Ghada

Last Name

Shousha

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Affiliation

Pediatrics Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, Children's Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

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gh.a.haliem@hotmail.com

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Volume

20

Article Issue

2

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37112

Issue Date

2022-10-01

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2022-03-04

Publish Date

2022-10-01

Page Start

61

Page End

68

Print ISSN

1687-1642

Online ISSN

2314-8934

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643

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Publication Title

The Egyptian Journal of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

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22 Jan 2023