Effect of diurnal temperature range on emergency room visits for acute upper respiratory tract infections
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Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Children.
Acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRTI) is a common illness, but there have been relatively few studies of the bacterial etiology in developing countries. Nasopharyngeal aspirates of 70 children under 10 years of age with ALRTI were cultured for aerobic bacterial pathogens. Klebsiella pneumoniae was the commonest organism (32.2%) isolated followed by S. pneumoniae (10%), E. coli (10%), ...
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The upper respiratory system includes the nose, nasal cavity, pharynx, and larynx with subglottic area of trachea. In the normal circumstances, air enters the respiratory system through nostrils where it is filtered, humidified, and warmed inside the nasal cavity. Conditioned air passes through pharynx, larynx, and trachea and then enters in lower respiratory system. Dysfunction of any part of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1342-078X,1347-4715
DOI: 10.1186/s12199-021-00974-w