Outcome of upper respiratory tract infections in healthy children: Antibiotic stewardship in treatment of acute upper respiratory tract infections. [PDF]
Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the outcome of upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) in healthy children. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 314 children aged 3-36 months in the paediatric outpatient clinic and emergency department with symptoms of URTI (fever, cough, rhinorrhoea) for ≤5 days.
Khan EA +5 more
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Aetiological role of viral and bacterial infections in acute adult lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in primary care [PDF]
Background: Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) are a common reason for consulting general practitioners (GPs). In most cases the aetiology is unknown, yet most result in an antibiotic prescription.
McHugh, TD +27 more
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Increased health service use for asthma, but decreased for COPD: Northumbrian hospital episodes, 2013–2014 [PDF]
The burden of respiratory disease has persisted over the years, for both men and women. The aim of the present study was to investigate the hospital episode rates in respiratory disease and to understand whether and how the use of the health service for ...
Shiue, Ivy, I. Shiue
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Early intervention in acute upper respiratory tract infections [PDF]
Upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) are one of the most common diagnoses in the primary care setting across the world, with more than 18.8 billion cases2 occurring worldwide every year.
Eccles, Ronald +5 more
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Oral vitamin C supplements to prevent and treat acute upper respiratory tract infections [PDF]
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the effectiveness of oral vitamin C supplements to prevent and treat acute upper respiratory tract infections in adults and ...
van Driel M +6 more
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Exposure to cold and acute upper respiratory tract infection
The incidence of acute upper respiratory tract viral infections (URTI) is directly correlated to air temperature with most URTI occurring seasonally in cold weather. This review looks at four types of cold exposure and examines the evidence and possible mechanisms for any relationship to URTI.
R, Eccles, J E, Wilkinson
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Treatment of acute upper respiratory tract infections in children
Introduction Acute respiratory tract infections are the most common diseases of childhood. A preschool child suffers up to 5-7 infections of upper airways during a year. Upper airway infections make 80 - 90% of all respiratory infections. Etiology and treatment In 75% of all cases respiratory infections are of viral etiology, 15% of bacterial and 10 ...
Nevenka, Roncević +2 more
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Molecular epidemiology of human rhinovirus infections in Kilifi, coastal Kenya [PDF]
This study reports pediatric surveillance over 3 years for human rhinovirus (HRV) at the District Hospital of Kilifi, coastal Kenya. Nasopharyngeal samples were collected from children presenting at outpatient clinic with no signs of acute respiratory ...
Onyango, Clayton O. +8 more
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The Effect of Probiotics for Preventing Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infections [PDF]
As part of its efforts to disseminate the results of Cochrane reviews to a wider audience, the Cochrane Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Field develops Summary of Findings (SoF) tables and then uses those tables as a basis for its plain-language summaries.
Sæterdal, Ingvil +2 more
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The aim of this work was to study features of gene expression TLR2, TLR4, and TLR9 in the course of acute respiratory infection, depending on the time elapsing since the contamination, and dose of infection.
E. V. Budanova +3 more
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