Are early life factors considered when managing respiratory disease? A British Thoracic Society survey of current practice

被引：36

作者：

Bolton, Charlotte E. ^{[1
]}

Bush, Andrew ^{[2
]}

Hurst, John R. ^{[3
]}

Kotecha, Sailesh ^{[4
]}

McGarvey, Lorcan ^{[5
]}

Stocks, Janet ^{[6
]}

Walshaw, Martin J. ^{[7
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Nottingham, Nottingham Resp Res Unit, Nottingham NG5 1PB, England

[2] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Dept Paediat Resp Med, Royal Brompton Hosp, London, England

[3] UCL, Ctr Resp Med, London, England

[4] Cardiff Univ, Dept Child Hlth, Inst Mol & Expt Med, Sch Med, Cardiff, S Glam, Wales

[5] Queens Univ Belfast, Ctr Infect & Immun, Belfast, Antrim, North Ireland

[6] UCL Inst Child Hlth, Portex Unit Resp Med & Physiol, London, England

[7] Liverpool Heart & Chest Hosp NHS Fdn Trust, Adult CF Unit, Liverpool, Merseyside, England

来源：

THORAX | 2012年 / 67卷 / 12期

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D O I：

10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202637

中图分类号：

R56 [呼吸系及胸部疾病];

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摘要：

Background We hypothesised that early life events are not routinely considered by most respiratory specialists. Methods Respiratory Specialists were surveyed via the British Thoracic Society (BTS) on whether they asked patients about birth weight, preterm birth and prenatal and postnatal complications. Results Only a small minority (mostly hospital paediatricians) of the 123 who replied asked most respiratory patients about one of more early life factors. Patient recall of the information when asked was low. Conclusions The survey results suggest little current consideration is given to early life factors in adult respiratory medicine, despite increasing evidence that early life factors do impact on later respiratory health. Improving training, increasing awareness and exploring new approaches to obtaining the information are required.

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