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Children with a history of hospitalization for bronchiolitis (Br) as infants are reported to have decrements in lung function during later childhood; however, the effect of mild Br on lung function is not known. We measured the total respiratory resistance (Rrs) using the forced random noise technique in 32 children from a day care center who had their respiratory illness status monitored prospectively from birth. Nineteen children were observed to have had at least one episode of mild Br, while 13 had none. The mean height (Ht) ± SEM, mean Rrs ± SEM, and mean Rrs normalized for Ht (nl-Rrs) ± SEM are:
The children with a history of Br have a significantly higher Rrs even when normalized for height than those without such a history. These data suggest that even mild Br early in life may be an antecedant of lung dysfunction later in life.
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Strope, G., Pimmel, R., Fulton, J. et al. 1726 TOTAL RESPIRATORY RESISTANCE IN CHILDREN WITH A HISTORY OF BRONCHIOLITIS. Pediatr Res 15 (Suppl 4), 731 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198104001-01745
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198104001-01745