ASTHMA PREDICTIVE INDEX AND NITRIC OXIDE PROGNOSTIC VALUE IN YOUNG CHILDREN WITH RECURRENT WHEEZING.

The study was aiming at investigation of Asthma Predictive Index (API) and predictive value of quantitative changes in nitric/nitrogen oxide (NO) in children with recurrent wheezing of different phenotypes. An observing cross-sectional clinical study where 120 patients 5 to 7 years of ages with wheezing syndrome were involved has been conducted. In the group of patients with multifactorial wheezing, 77%-positive results revealed in 65% of patients indicated to high probability of asthma formation.