Defining Asthma in the Preschool-Aged Child

A physician faces many challenges in making a definitive diagnosis of asthma in young children. Although there are clinical and historical features consistent with asthma, identical features are present in many other diseases. Furthermore, there is no specific test for asthma. Other diseases must always be ruled out before a definitive diagnosis of asthma is made. Determining whether cough or wheeze is the primary symptom is important because asthma is primarily a wheezing disease. Sweat chloride testing, chest radiography, and allergy skin testing should be performed in children with persistent wheezing to rule out other causes and help support a diagnosis of asthma. Allergy skin testing provides particularly useful information for making a diagnosis of asthma in the preschool-aged child. A chart review of patients presenting consecutively to the Division of Allergy and Pulmonary Medicine provides insight and information on an approach to make an asthma diagnosis for this population.

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1217 Narcolepsy in a Preschool-Aged Child

SLEEP ◽

10.1093/sleepj/zsx052.007 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 40 (suppl_1) ◽

pp. A454-A454

Author(s):

EJ Jerkins ◽

OM Rodriguez

Keyword(s):

Preschool Aged Child ◽

Aged Child

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Play and the preschool aged child: Insights for educator

Early Child Development and Care ◽

10.1080/0300443840170101 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 1-2

Keyword(s):

Preschool Aged Child ◽

Aged Child

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Resemblance of Dinner Meal Consumption among Mother and Preschool-Aged Child Dyads from Families with Limited Incomes

International Journal of Child Health and Nutrition ◽

10.6000/1929-4247.2013.02.02.12 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Nicklas

Keyword(s):

Preschool Aged Child ◽

Aged Child ◽

Meal Consumption

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Are adult mentalizing abilities associated with mind-mindedness?

International Journal of Behavioral Development ◽

10.1177/0165025415616200 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 40 (4) ◽

pp. 296-301 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Ana Luísa Barreto ◽

R. M. Pasco Fearon ◽

Ana Osório ◽

Elizabeth Meins ◽

Carla Martins

Keyword(s):

Educational Level ◽

Current Debate ◽

Parental Representations ◽

Mothers And Fathers ◽

Psychopathological Symptoms ◽

Precise Nature ◽

Preschool Aged Child ◽

Aged Child

The precise nature of the relation between adult mentalizing abilities and parental representations of the child as a mental agent (mind-mindedness) is under current debate. While some authors state that it is the same competence expressed in different contexts, others assert that they are different constructs. This study examined the relation between mentalizing and mind-mindedness, in mothers and fathers, while investigating their potential links to socio-demographic, parental, and child variables. Participants were 74 families comprising of mother, father, and their preschool-aged child. Controlling for educational level, psychopathological symptoms, and children’s reported temperament, the relation between mentalizing and mind-mindedness was non-significant. Moreover, mentalizing and mind-mindedness were shown to have distinct correlates, supporting the proposal that they are two distinct constructs.

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