The infant with persistent or recurrent wheeze during the first 2 years of life poses a particularly difficult diagnostic dilemma, which can be a source of considerable anxiety to both physicians and parents. Without neglecting basic science, Wheezing Disorders in the Preschool Child presents information in a logical and readable fashion that is pa

Fernando D. Martinez and Simon Godfrey

Preface, 1. Epidemiology of wheezing in infants and preschool children, 2. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and wheezing, 3. Immunology of wheezing disorders in infants and preschool children, 4. Clinical features of the wheezy infant, 5. Lung function in the wheezy infant and preschool child, 6. The wheezy infant and preschool child: differential diagnosis, 7. Management of wheezing in infants and preschool children, 8. Proposals for the future, Index