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objective: to verify the possibility of extending the application of an instrument to investigate the prevalence and clinical characteristics of wheezing in infants. methods: a cross-sectional study conducted as part of the international study on wheezing in infants (eisl, estudio internacional de sibilancias en lactantes). a questionnaire was administered to parents of infants aged 12 to 15 months (group i) and 16 to 24 months (group ii) infants. results: one thousand, three hundred and sixty-four infants (45.4%) in group i and 250 (46.7%) in group ii had had at least one episode (p = 0.58). the numbers of patients on inhaled 汕2-agonists, inhaled or oral steroids and/or leukotriene modifiers were similar in both groups (p = 0.52, 0.12, 0.06, and 0.75). there were no differences between the groups in terms of night-time symptoms, shortness of breath, emergency room visits, asthma hospitalization or asthma diagnosed by a doctor (p = 0.09, 0.28, 0.54, and 0.45). conclusion: the application of the questionnaire can be extended to include infants up to 24 months of age.
