Late preterm infants with bron-chiolitis, most frequently caused by RSV, experienced a significantly higher risk for developing asthma by age 5, according to findings published in Pediatrics. Elizabeth Wisner, MD, and colleagues examined 130 late pre-term infants (gestational age, 34-36 weeks) and 706 early full-term, full-term, and post-term infants who were hospitalized with bronchiolitis. The prevalence of asthma by age 5 was 31% among late pre-term infants, compared with 25% among term infants. In both adjusted and unadjusted analysis models, late pre-term infants were determined to be at a significantly higher risk for developing asthma by age 5, according to the researchers.
