Unlike the conclusions of the revised Cochrane review the export group set up by the Section on Paediatrics , European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology ( SP-EAACI ) do not find that the exclusion of the four trials dem and s a change of the previous recommendations regarding primary dietary prevention of allergic diseases .
Based on analysis of published peer- review ed observational and interventional studies the results still indicate that breastfeeding is highly recommended for all infants irrespective of atopic heredity .
A dietary regimen is effective in the prevention of allergic diseases in high-risk infants , particularly in early infancy regarding food allergy and eczema .
The most effective dietary regimen is exclusively breastfeeding for at least 4 - 6 months or , in absence of breast milk , formulas with documented reduced allergenicity for at least the first 4 months , combined with avoidance of solid food and cow 's milk for the first 4 months
Recurrent wheezing in very preterm infants.
AIMS : To document the prevalence of , and identify risk factors for ,  recurrent wheezing treated with bronchodilators in the first year of life . METHODS : Parental history and neonatal data were collected prospect ively in a regional cohort of very preterm infants ( < 33 weeks ) .  Data on maternal smoking , siblings at home , breast feeding , respiratory symptoms , and hospital re-admissions were documented at 12 months . RESULTS : Outcome data were available for 525/560 ( 95 % ) of survivors . The incidence of recurrent wheeze was 76/525 ( 14.5 % ) in very preterm infants and 20/657 ( 3 % ) in a cohort of term newborns . Significant risk factors for recurrent wheeze in very preterm infants were parental history of asthma , maternal smoking , siblings at home , neonatal oxygen supplementation at 28 days , 36 , and 40 weeks of gestation . CONCLUSIONS : Wheezing respiratory illnesses are common in very preterm infants . The factors involved are similar to those in more mature infants , with the addition of immaturity and neonatal lung injury
Unlike the conclusions of the revised Cochrane review the export group set up by the Section on Paediatrics , European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology ( SP-EAACI ) do not find that the exclusion of the four trials dem and s a change of the previous recommendations regarding primary dietary prevention of allergic diseases .
Based on analysis of published peer- review ed observational and interventional studies the results still indicate that breastfeeding is highly recommended for all infants irrespective of atopic heredity .
A dietary regimen is effective in the prevention of allergic diseases in high-risk infants , particularly in early infancy regarding food allergy and eczema .
The most effective dietary regimen is exclusively breastfeeding for at least 4 - 6 months or , in absence of breast milk , formulas with documented reduced allergenicity for at least the first 4 months , combined with avoidance of solid food and cow 's milk for the first 4 months