https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:33209 Wed 04 Sep 2019 09:49:30 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:549 Tue 05 Nov 2013 09:53:01 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:23998 Thu 24 Mar 2022 11:29:33 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:8454 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:33:35 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:1274 2.5%) was 45% in the wheeze group, which was significantly higher than the control group (9.35%, p = 0.04). Eosinophilic bronchitis was present in two children with cough (20%) and two with chest colds (15%, p > 0.05 versus control). In these groups, eosinophilic bronchitis was not associated with airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) to hypertonic saline (p > 0.05). Children with cough and chest colds reported greater exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. In conclusion, this community-based survey of children with chronic respiratory symptoms has shown that wheeze is a good discriminator for the presence of eosinophilic bronchitis, and that persistent cough and recurrent chest colds without wheeze should not be considered a variant of asthma. Eosinophilic bronchitis did occur in a significant minority of these "variant asthma" syndromes.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:32:31 AEDT ]]>