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Modifiable risk factors associated with bronchiolitis
- Source :
- Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, Vol 11 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2017.
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Abstract
- Background: We sought to clarify possibly modifiable risk factors related to pollution responsible for acute bronchiolitis in hospitalized infants. Methods: For this observational study, we recruited 213 consecutive infants with bronchiolitis (cases: median age: 2 months; age range: 0.5–12 months; boys: 55.4%) and 213 children aged Results: In the 213 hospitalized infants the questionnaire identified the following risk factors for acute bronchiolitis: breastfeeding ⩾3 months (OR: 2.1, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.2–3.6), presence of older siblings (OR: 2.8, 95% CI: 1.7–4.7), ⩾4 cohabitants (OR: 1.5, 95% CI: 1.1–2.1), and using seed oil for cooking (OR: 1.7, 95% CI: 1.2–2.6). Having renovated their home in the past 12 months and concurrently being exposed daily to smoking, involving more than 11 cigarettes and two or more smoking cohabitants, were more frequent factors in cases than in controls ( p = 0.021 and 0.05), whereas self-estimated proximity to road and traffic was similar in the two groups. Conclusions: We identified several risk factors for acute bronchiolitis related to indoor and outdoor pollution, including inhaling cooking oil fumes. Having this information would help public health authorities draw up effective preventive measures – for example, teach mothers to avoid handling their child when they have a cold and eliminate exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke.
- Subjects :
- Male
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Logistic Model
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Air Pollution
Surveys and Questionnaires
030225 pediatrics
Surveys and Questionnaire
pollution
Humans
Medicine
Pharmacology (medical)
Indoor
Intensive care medicine
Multivariate Analysi
bronchiolitis
risk factors
Acute Disease
Air Pollutants
Air Pollution, Indoor
Bronchiolitis
Environmental Exposure
Female
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Italy
Logistic Models
Multivariate Analysis
Tobacco Smoke Pollution
Original Research
lcsh:RC705-779
business.industry
Risk Factor
lcsh:Diseases of the respiratory system
Newborn
medicine.disease
030228 respiratory system
Air Pollutant
Acute Bronchiolitis
bronchioliti
Observational study
business
Human
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17534666
- Volume :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....52cb7977f5620f78120f5de930160610