Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status and wheezing in pre-school children, Kuwait.

Background: There has been growing recognition of the critical extra-skeletal roles for vitamin D including lung disease.

Aims: This study was performed to explore the possible role of vitamin D on wheezing occurrence among Kuwaiti preschool children.

Methods: Out of 244 children from Al-Adan Hospital, Kuwait, 151 cases were enrolled as wheezers while the rest served as controls.

Imaging In Acute Bronchiolitis: Evaluation of The Current Practice In a Kuwaiti Governmental Hospital and Its Possible Impact on Hospitalization Period.

Background And Objectives: Guidelines for acute bronchiolitis recommend primarily supportive care, but unnecessary treatment measures remain well documented. This study was designed to assess the Al-Adan Hospital pediatricians` attitude towards imaging of inpatients with bronchiolitis aiming to evaluate its utilization and possible impact on patients` management and length of hospital stay.

Subjects And Methods: This study included 194 cases of acute bronchiolitis admitted to Al-Adan Hospital.