Kim Hye-Young, Han Youngshin, Pyun Younkyoung, Kim Jihyun, Ahn Kangmo, Lee Sang-Il
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea.
Asia Pac Allergy. 2011 Apr;1(1):30-5. doi: 10.5415/apallergy.2011.1.1.30. Epub 2011 Apr 26.
Infants with chronic respiratory symptoms should be evaluated thoroughly because there are various causes which are different from those of children and adolescents.
This study was designed to investigate the relationship between chronic respiratory symptoms and bedtime bottle feeding in infants after the age of 6 months.
We conducted a prospective study that included 44 infants who presented with respiratory symptoms for more than 8 weeks and also had been bottle-fed during bedtime even after 6 months of age. The infants were divided into 2 groups; infants who discontinued bedtime bottle feeding and those who did not. Respiratory symptom scores were graded with a four-point scale at 0, 1, 2 and 3 months, and were compared between the 2 groups.
Twenty eight infants (63.6%) stopped being bottle-fed during bedtime and 16 infants (36.4%) were still bottle-fed. The respiratory symptom scores were significantly decreased in infants who stopped bedtime bottle feeding (p = 0.0003).
It is suggested that prolonged bedtime bottle feeding might be one of the causes of chronic respiratory symptoms in infants.
患有慢性呼吸道症状的婴儿应进行全面评估，因为其病因与儿童和青少年不同。
本研究旨在调查6个月以上婴儿慢性呼吸道症状与睡前奶瓶喂养之间的关系。
我们进行了一项前瞻性研究，纳入了44名出现呼吸道症状超过8周且6个月后仍在睡前进行奶瓶喂养的婴儿。这些婴儿被分为两组；停止睡前奶瓶喂养的婴儿和未停止的婴儿。在0、1、2和3个月时，用四点量表对呼吸道症状评分，并在两组之间进行比较。
28名婴儿（63.6%）停止了睡前奶瓶喂养，16名婴儿（36.4%）仍在进行睡前奶瓶喂养。停止睡前奶瓶喂养的婴儿呼吸道症状评分显著降低（p = 0.0003）。
提示长期睡前奶瓶喂养可能是婴儿慢性呼吸道症状的原因之一。
