TY - JOUR T1 - Azithromycin for episodes with asthma-like symptoms in young children aged 1–3 years JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed SP - 336 LP - 336 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311409 VL - 102 IS - 6 AU - Katy McConnell AU - Michael Shields Y1 - 2017/12/01 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/102/6/336.1.abstract N2 - 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 … ER -