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Table 1 Characteristics and histories of 40 patients with bronchiolitis obliterans

From: Follow-up on pediatric patients with bronchiolitis obliterans treated with corticosteroid pulse therapy

Characteristics (n = 40)

Gender

Male = 30 (75%)

Female = 10 (25%)

Gestational age

Full term = 35 (87.5%)

Premature = 5 (12.5%)

Breast-feeding

<3 months = 21 (52.5%)

3-6 m = 17 (42.5%)

>6 months = 2 (5%)

Family history of asthma

28 (70%)

Parental smoking

22 (55%)

History (n = 40)

Age at first wheezing

mean 7.4, median 4.5 (0-48 months)

Age at onset of persistent wheezing

mean 18.3, median 9.5 (0-150 months)

Age at diagnosis

mean 42.9, median 25 (5-156 months)

Onset of disease/diagnosis interval

mean 24.6, median 12.5 (1-134 months)

Recurrent pneumonia episodes

24 (60%)

Hospitalization

mean 4 times per year, median 2.8 times per year (0-10 times per year)

Mechanical ventilation assistance

21 (52.5%)

Domiciliary oxygen therapy

8 (20%)

Prolonged oral corticosteroid therapy

23 (57.5%)

Inhaled corticosteroid therapy

19 (47.5%)