Thorax. 2012 Dec;67(12):1110. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202637. Epub 2012 Sep 19.
We hypothesised that early life events are not routinely considered by most respiratory specialists.
Respiratory Specialists were surveyed via the British Thoracic Society (BTS) on whether they asked patients about birth weight, preterm birth and prenatal and postnatal complications.
Only a small minority (mostly hospital paediatricians) of the 123 who replied asked most respiratory patients about one of more early life factors. Patient recall of the information when asked was low.
The survey results suggest little current consideration is given to early life factors in adult respiratory medicine, despite increasing evidence that early life factors do impact on later respiratory health. Improving training, increasing awareness and exploring new approaches to obtaining the information are required.
我们假设大多数呼吸科专家并没有常规考虑生命早期事件。
通过英国胸科学会（BTS）对呼吸科专家进行调查，了解他们是否询问患者出生体重、早产以及产前和产后并发症。
在 123 位回复的专家中，只有少数人（主要是医院儿科医生）询问大多数呼吸科患者是否存在一个或多个生命早期因素。当被问及这些信息时，患者的回忆率很低。
调查结果表明，目前在成人呼吸医学中很少考虑生命早期因素，尽管越来越多的证据表明生命早期因素确实会影响以后的呼吸健康。需要改进培训、提高认识并探索获取信息的新方法。
