Abstract:
AIMS:To study how respiratory symptoms reported by children, with or without spirometry, could help to discriminate those with asthma from those without. METHODS:Respiratory symptoms (frequent cough, frequent phlegm, and wheezing) reported by 1646 schoolchildren (aged 8-12 years) in a respiratory questionnaire and the FEV1:FVC ratio measured with spirometry (at three different cut-off values of 0.70, 0.75, and 0.80) were compared against the criterion standard of a physician diagnosis of asthma reported by the parents. RESULTS:The overall prevalence of asthma was 6%; more boys had asthma. Wheezing had the best discriminating ability among the three symptoms and a cut-off point at 75% was best for the FEV1:FVC ratio. Combining wheezing with an FEV1:FVC ratio <75% gave the highest discriminating ability of 83%. If the tests were applied to hypothetical populations with higher prevalence ratios of asthma, the added value of the FEV1:FVC ratio became less apparent. CONCLUSION:Respiratory symptoms, especially wheezing, reported by children had good discriminating ability for asthma and could be adopted for opportunistic screening in the primary care settings.
journal_name
Arch Dis Childjournal_title
Archives of disease in childhoodauthors
Yu IT,Wong TW,Li Wdoi
10.1136/adc.2003.033688subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2004-06-01 00:00:00pages
544-8issue
6eissn
0003-9888issn
1468-2044journal_volume
89pub_type
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.68.3.408
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1999-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.67.10_spec_no.1166
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2001-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.66.11.1291
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1978-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2000-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2011-301476
更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.53.10.824
更新日期:1978-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.64.7.1055
更新日期:1989-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2011-301236
更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.60.7.644
更新日期:1985-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.59.5.481
更新日期:1984-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.2002.025643
更新日期:2004-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIMS:To describe the epidemiology of intussusception and its relation to rotavirus associated hospitalisation in New Zealand. METHODS:National hospital discharge data between January 1998 and June 2003 for all children younger than 3 years of age with intussusception were reviewed. Independently, children from the sam...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.2005.074104
更新日期:2005-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Ten intubated neonates (weights 0.90 to 2.58 kg) recovering from respiratory disease had lung mechanics, respiratory patterns, and functional residual capacity measured at 0 cmH2O continuous positive airways pressure and then after application of serially increasing levels of external expiratory resistance. At an exte...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.56.11.869
更新日期:1981-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/adc.82.suppl_2.ii6
更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.61.8.801
更新日期:1986-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.2009.178160
更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2012-302398
更新日期:2012-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.67.9.1082
更新日期:1992-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.68.5_spec_no.610
更新日期:1993-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.53.6.449
更新日期:1978-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2017-314692
更新日期:2019-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.2003.044255
更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/adc.2004.059378
更新日期:2005-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.50.8.637
更新日期:1975-08-01 00:00:00