Gerasimchuk T. Improvement of respiratory infections prevention in young children and prognosis of their recurrent course

The dissertation addresses measures taken to improve respiratory infections prevention in young children. A priority of controllable risk factors in regard to individual peculiarities were stated: secondhand smoke (е=0,999), diagnosed allergies (е=0,992), early bottle-feeding (е=0,900), cytomegalovirus infection (е=0,821), low level of vitamin D3 (е=0,618), sideropenic syndrome (е=0,564). The direct correlation between 25(OH)D3 level and cellular immunity index, strong correlation between low level of ferritine and phagocytes indices were revealed. Psychological characteristics of smoking mothers were identified: low level of subjective control. It is proved that despite of the presence of high proinflammatory Interleukin-1 ? in the milk of smoking mothers it is advisable to save breast feeding. On the grounds of this research results, the methods of respiratory infections recurrent course prognostication in young children are worked out. Individual prevention program allows to reduce the incidence of respiratory infections in young children.