[News] European Respiratory Society International Congress 2025

Previous non-experimental studies suggest an association between paracetamol exposure in the first year of life and subsequent asthma and eczema developing in childhood; however, randomised trials are needed to establish whether a causal link truly exists. Stuart R Dalziel (University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand) presented 1-year results from the PIPPA Tamariki randomised study comparing the use of paracetamol versus ibuprofen in early life. The study included 3908 infants in New Zealand aged less than 8 weeks.