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

Bolton, Charlotte E., Bush, Andrew, Hurst, John R., Kotecha, Sailesh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3535-7627, McGarvey, Lorcan, Stocks, Janet and Walshaw, Martin J. 2012. Are early life factors considered when managing respiratory disease? A British Thoracic Society survey of current practice [Letter]. Thorax 67 (12) , p. 1110. 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202637

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN:	0040-6376
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 09:56
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/42632

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