Background Young children with older siblings and those who attend day care are at increased
risk for infections, which in turn may protect against the development of allergic diseases, …

There is poor agreement on definitions of different phenotypes of preschool wheezing disorders.
The present Task Force proposes to use the terms episodic (viral) wheeze to describe …

Asthma is the most common chronic lower respiratory disease in childhood throughout the
world. Several guidelines and/or consensus documents are available to support medical …

Because most cases of asthma begin during the first years of life, identification of young
children at high risk of developing the disease is an important public health priority. We used …

… The minimum treatment period in the included studies also differed: it was 12 weeks in
our HTA report compared with 4 weeks in the SR by Castro-Rodriguez and Rodrigo, where …

Background: Current guidelines recommend the use of a combination of inhaled β 2 agonists
and anticholinergics, particularly for patients with acute severe or life threatening asthma in …

… Dr Castro-Rodriguez: contributed to the study concept and design and interpretation of data;
… Dr Castro-Rodriguez has participated as a lecturer and speaker in scientific meetings and …

As the coronavirus pandemic extends to low and middle income countries (LMICs), there
are growing concerns about the risk of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in populations with …

Background: Influence of household pets in the development of childhood asthma or atopy
has been controversial. Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether pet …

To summarize the principal findings on risk and protective factors for childhood asthma, we
retrieved systematic reviews on these topics in children (aged 1 to 18 years), up to January …