Asthma in infants is characterized by recurrence of three episodes of dyspnea and wheezing within two first years of age. Asthma in infancy is a heterogeneous condition with different clinical phenotypes and outcome. So, the diagnostic and therapeutic approach are often difficult. AIM: of this systematic review was to provide answers to the following questions in the management of recurrent wheeze in infants: is it asthma?, should we treat wheezy infants?, what are the modalities of prescriptions? what is the long term outcome of wheezy infants?
METHODS: Electronic literature search was performed in Medline. Key-words used for the final search were "infant", "wheezing", "atopy", "asthma", "inhaled corticosteroids". We considered for analysis meta analysis, randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, cohort studies and consensus statement reports. RESULTS: The diagnosis of…
