[HTML][HTML] An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: pulmonary function testing in preschool children

…, F Marchal, OH Mayer, PJFM Merkus… - American journal of …, 2007 - atsjournals.org
Paul Aurora (Co-chair), Howard Eigen (Co-chair), Hubertus GM Arets, Stephanie D. Davis,
Marcus H. Jones, Janet Stocks, Robert S. Tepper, Daphna Vilozni Summary

Definition, assessment and treatment of wheezing disorders in preschool children: an evidence-based approach

…, P Le Souef, S McKenzie, P Merkus… - European …, 2008 - Eur Respiratory Soc
There is poor agreement on definitions of different phenotypes of preschool wheezing disorders.
The present Task Force proposes to use the terms episodic (viral) wheeze to describe …

Adverse health effects of prenatal and postnatal tobacco smoke exposure on children

W Hofhuis, JC de Jongste, P Merkus - Archives of disease in …, 2003 - adc.bmj.com
Parents who choose to smoke are possibly not aware of, or deny, the negative effects of
passive smoking on their offspring. This review summarises a wide range of effects of passive …

Tracheomalacia and bronchomalacia in children: incidence and patient characteristics

…, HAWM Tiddens, JC de Jongste, PJFM Merkus - Chest, 2005 - Elsevier
Objective: Congenital airway malacia is one of the few causes of irreversible airways
obstruction in children, but the incidence in the general population is unknown. Severe airway …

Classification and pharmacological treatment of preschool wheezing: changes since 2008

…, J Henderson, CE Kuehni, PJFM Merkus… - European …, 2014 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Since the publication of the European Respiratory Society Task Force report in 2008, significant
new evidence has become available on the classification and management of preschool …

Comparing global initiative for asthma (GINA) criteria with the childhood asthma control test (C-ACT) and asthma control test (ACT)

…, NJ Van den Berg, P Merkus… - European respiratory …, 2011 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Several tools are useful in detecting uncontrolled asthma in children. The aim of this study
was to compare Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines with the Childhood Asthma …

Depression and anxiety during pregnancy: the influence of maternal characteristics

KFE van de Loo, R Vlenterie, SJ Nikkels, PJFM Merkus… - Birth, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Depression and anxiety during pregnancy are associated with adverse health
outcomes for both mother and child. This study aims to investigate the occurrence of …

Prenatal maternal psychological stress and childhood asthma and wheezing: a meta-analysis

…, N Roeleveld, PJFM Merkus… - European …, 2016 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The aim of this study was to systematically review and meta-analyse observational studies
on prenatal maternal psychological stress and the subsequent development of asthma and …

Ataxia‐telangiectasia: recommendations for multidisciplinary treatment

…, M van der Flier, PJFM Merkus… - … Medicine & Child …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Ataxia‐telangiectasia is a rare, neurodegenerative, and multisystem disease, characterized
by cerebellar ataxia, oculocutaneous telangiectasia, immunodeficiency, progressive …

Worsening of V′maxFRC in Infants with Chronic Lung Disease in the First Year of Life: A More Favorable Outcome after High-Frequency Oscillation Ventilation

…, G Brinkhorst, JC de Jongste, PJFM Merkus - American journal of …, 2002 - atsjournals.org
Little is known about the development of maximal flow at functional residual capacity, a
measure of airway patency, in infants with chronic lung disease (CLD). In a follow-up study, we …