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Azithromycin for episodes with asthma-like symptoms in young children aged 1–3 years
  1. Katy McConnell1,
  2. Michael Shields2
  1. 1 Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, UK
  2. 2 Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Katy McConnell, Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, 274 Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK; kt242{at}hotmail.co.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2016-311409

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    Setting: Birth cohort of general population of Zealand region, Denmark.

    Patients: At the age of 1 week, 700 infants were recruited and observed via daily parental diaries until the age of 3 years. Included in the trial were children who developed recurrent troublesome lung symptoms, defined as: 5 episodes in 6 months of cough, dyspnoea or wheeze severely affecting the well-being of the child; 4 weeks of continuous symptoms; severe episode requiring admission or treatment with oral steroids. Three months of inhaled fluticasone was given at the diagnosis of recurrent troublesome lung symptoms and continued for another 6 months if symptoms recurred.

    Intervention: Children older than 1 year of age were assessed by a study physician at each acute episode (≥3 consecutive days of cough, dyspnoea or wheeze severely affecting the well-being of the child) and randomly allocated …

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    • Contributors KM wrote and MS edited the article.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.