B. RECENT TOPICS OF RESPIRATORY INFECTION

Frequency of Influenza A&B in Pharyngeal Secretion of Children with Upper Respiratory Infection

Abstract Background and objectives: Influenza virus is the sixth cause of death in the world. We cannot differentiate it from other respiratory viruses upon clinical signs alone. This study was aimed at determining the frequency of influenza A&B antigen in pharyngeal secretion of children with upper Respiratory Infection (URI). Materials and methods: This cross sectional -descriptive study was ...

Recent respiratory infection and the risk of myocardial infarction.

M ounting interest over the past 10 or 15 years in the possible role of infection in the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) has mainly centred on serological evidence of infection that often has occurred several years or months previously. However, recent rather than distant infection may be more strongly associated with coronary events, as shown by the excess of coronary deaths in the winter m...

Salbutamol premedication in children with a recent respiratory tract infection.

BACKGROUND Premedication with beta-2 agonists (e.g. salbutamol) is effective in preventing increases in total respiratory resistance and in decreasing the incidence of perioperative bronchospasm in asthmatic children. Because children with recent respiratory tract infection (RTI) exhibit bronchial hyperreactivity similar to that observed in asthmatic children, the use of salbutamol in children ...

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Important Topics on Contemporary Total knee Arthroplasty: what Does Recent Literature Say?

In this Editorial I want to comment on eight recent articles that can help us to better understand still controversial matters related to total knee arthroplasty (TKA). In this Editorial I want to comment on eight recent articles that can help us to better understand still controversial matters related to total knee arthroplasty (TKA).