Volume : IX, Issue : II, February - 2019

Parenteral smoking an important risk factor for bronchiolitis in children

Prashant Tomar, Niraj Kumar Yadav

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Objective: Bronchiolitis is one of the commonest causes of hospitalization of under 2 yrs age children in India. About 18% of under 2 children attending different hospitals of India have onchiolitis. 70% men and 13–15% women of India are smokers. Parental smoking is an important risk factor for onchiolitis. The aim of this study was to find out the relationship of parental smoking in development of severe onchiolitis. Design: Retrospective Case–control study. Patients and Methods: 50 patients admitted into the ward with severe onchiolitis were enrolled as cases and 50 suitably matched healthy children outpatient department presenting with nonrespiratory illness were enrolled as controls. Results: The mean age of the patients was 8.48 (SD ±3.25) months. 32 patients were male and 18 patients were female. Male ratio was more than female. More than half of the cases (52%) were not exclusively eastfed babies. 29 cases and 17controls were exposed to parental smoking. Result was quite significant. Conclusion: Exposure to parental smoking causes a statistically significant (= 0.02, odds ratio = 2.6) increase in the risk of developing severe onchiolitis in the first year of life

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PARENTERAL SMOKING AN IMPORTANT RISK FACTOR FOR BRONCHIOLITIS IN CHILDREN, Prashant Tomar, Niraj Kumar Yadav INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-2 | February-2019

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