Comparison of body weight and height of Israeli schoolchildren with the Tanner and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts.

Objective: To examine the suitability of the growth charts that are currently used in Israel and consider their replacement with a recent standard. In a sample of schoolchildren, the current Tanner and Whitehouse standards were compared with the new growth charts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Method: A total of 746 Israeli healthy children (368 boys and 378 girls) aged 6 to 14 years were sampled from 2 super-regional schools (from the Jewish population).

[The functional diagnosis of bronchial hyperreactivity and bronchial lability in children with bronchial asthma].

During a remission, bronchial asthma children were examined for bronchial hyperreactivity and bronchial lability by means of graded physical exercise tests, and pharmacological tests with bronchoconstrictors and bronchodilators. It has been established that normal lung function seen during aa remission does not mean the lack of bronchial hyperreactivity whereas incomplete recovery of bronchial patency during bronchial asthma remission is always attended by bronchial hyperreactivity in almost all the cases. In carrying out functional tests for bronchial hyperreactivity and bronchial lability, the recording of the velocity parameters of forced expiration making it possible to define patency of not only the central but also of the peripheral bronchi appeared very informative.

[Obstructive bronchitis syndrome in acute viral respiratory diseases in young children].

External respiratory function was explored in 39 children aged 1.5 months to 2 years presenting with the bronchoobstructive syndrome (BOS) in the presence of acute respiratory virus infection. The development of the BOS was accompanied by disorders of bronchial patency and alveolar ventilation.