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Revista Medica Herediana
Print version ISSN 1018-130XOn-line version ISSN 1729-214X
Abstract
FUNDORA-HERNANDEZ, Hermes et al. Thymic hypoplasia in pediatric patients with respiratory illnesses. Rev Med Hered [online]. 2023, vol.34, n.2, pp.75-82. Epub July 03, 2023. ISSN 1018-130X. http://dx.doi.org/10.20453/rmh.v34i3.4548.
Objective
: To determine the clinical and epidemiologic features of children with thymic hypoplasia and respiratory illnesses in Cuba.
Methods
: A retrospective study was conducted among children of 1-6 years of age of both sexes attended at a Pediatric Immunology Program of Hospital Materno Infantil Ángel Arturo Aballí Arellano in Habana, Cuba from September 2019 to August 2022. Children with thymic hypoplasia with and without a history of a respiratory illness either infectious or non-infectious were included.
Results
: No association between age and sex with thymic hypoplasia but an association was found with children with a severe respiratory illness. Factors associated with a severe respiratory illness were ineffective breastfeeding, history of an atopic condition, pregnancy of high risk, prematurity and exposure to tobacco smoke.
Conclusions
: Thymic hypoplasia was not associated with age or sex. An association with mild-moderate thymic hypoplasia was found with a severe respiratory illness.
Keywords : thymus; respiratory system; respiratory disease.