Characteristics of children consulting for cough, sore throat, or earache

Characteristics of children consulting for cough, sore throat, or earache.

BACKGROUND GPs are often consulted for respiratory tract symptoms in children. AIM To explore characteristics of children, their parents, and their GPs that are correlated with consulting a GP for cough, sore throat, or earache. DESIGN OF STUDY Second Dutch National Survey of General Practice (DNSGP-2) with a health interview and an additional questionnaire. SETTING Children aged 0-17 yea...

Prophylactic Effects of Lidocaine or Beclomethasone Spray on Post-Operative sore Throat and Cough after Orotracheal Intubation

Introduction: Post-operative sore throat and cough are common complications of endotracheal intubation. These conditions may be very distressing for the patient and may lead to unpleasant memories. This study was performed in order to determine whether beclomethasone and lidocaine spray could reduce the frequency of post-operative sore throat and hoarseness after tracheal extubation.  Materials...

Cough and a sore throat – more than just swine flu?

A 25-year-old non-smoking warehouse worker presented to the acute medical take with a five-day history of worsening symptoms including anorexia, lethargy, myalgia, swinging fevers and night sweats. He had been seen by his general practitioner at the start of this illness and commenced on oseltamivir to treat presumed H1N1 influenza; subsequent hospital referral was prompted by worsening oral in...

Parental treatment of children with sore throat.

Tonsillitis and sore throat in children

Surgery of the tonsils is still one of the most frequent procedures during childhood. Due to a series of fatal outcomes after hemorrhage in children in Austria in 2006, the standards and indications for tonsillectomy have slowly changed in Germany. However, no national guidelines exist and the frequency of tonsil surgery varies across the country. In some districts eight times more children wer...