We used breathing tests and also determined if a single dose of inhaler used in asthma improved any breathing problems the prematurely born children had.Īfter the home visit, the children with low breathing test results were invited to be examined at the Children’s Hospital of Wales in Cardiff to understand why these children have low breathing tests values.
The children were aged 7 – 12 years and were studied to determine if those born prematurely have more breathing problems than those born on time.
The Born Early, Breath Easy or BeBe study also called Respiratory Health Outcomes in Neonates (RHiNO) study is a project studying why some children who were born early have breathing problems and how best to treat these breathing symptoms.įrom 1,122 returned questionnaires, we were able to study 767 children, including 565 who were born prematurely and 202 who were born on time as control children.
