Prevalência de sibilância recorrente em lactentes

Abstract

Objective: To identify the prevalence of recurrent wheezing in infants in the city of Curitiba, PR, Brazil. Results: A total of 1,364 infants (45.4%) had episodes of wheezing during their first 12 months of life, with onset at 5.5±3.1 months (mean ± standard deviation), and 678 (22.6%) had had three or more episodes. In 84.6% of the wheezing children treatment was with β 2 -agonists, with inhaled corticosteroids in 18.5%, oral corticosteroids in 24.3% and leukotriene receptor antagonists were used with 5.4%. T…