Abstract
Author(s): Esengül Keleà Â,Arzu Gebeà Âçe,Hamza Yazgan,Alparslan Tonbul,and Bülent Baà Âtürk
Thisstudywasconductedtodeterminewhetherthebeginningofatopicmarchisrelatedtotransienttachypnea ofthenewborn(TTN).Seventy-eightterminfantsweretreatedinthenewbornIntensiveCareUnitduetoTTN.Acase-matched control group of 78 term newborns without any health problem was selected. Results: There were no statistically signiï¬cant diï¬erencesbetweengroupsintermsofdemographicandclinicalcharacteristics.Therateofchildhoodasthmaandatopicdermatitis amongpatientswithadiagnosisofTTNwasfoundtobehigherthanthecontrols(oddsratio[OR]=5.87,95%conï¬denceinterval [CI]=2.88–11.98, P<0.01;OR=2.87,95%CI=1.30–6.37, P<0.05,respectively). Conclusion:ThisstudyshowedthatTTNmay betheï¬rstpresentationofatopicmarchandlarge-scalestudiesshouldbeperformedtoelucidatethispossiblerelation.
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