Andrew Bush, Catherine A Byrnes, Kate C Chan, Anne B Chang, Juliana C Ferreira, Karl A Holden, Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir, Gregory Redding, Varinder Singh, Ian P Sinha, Heather J Zar
Respiratory symptoms are ubiquitous in children and, even though they may be the harbinger of poor long-term outcomes, are often trivialised. Adverse exposures pre-conception, antenatally and in early childhood have lifetime impacts on respiratory health. For the most part, lung function tracks from the pre-school years at least into late middle age, and airflow obstruction is associated not merely with poor respiratory outcomes but also early all-cause morbidity and mortality. Much would be preventable if social determinants of adverse outcomes were to be addressed...
April 30, 2024: European Respiratory Review: An Official Journal of the European Respiratory Society