Few studies have addressed associations between traffic-related air pollution and respiratory disease in young children. The present authors assessed the development of asthmatic/allergic symptoms and respiratory infections during the first 4 yrs of life in a birth cohort study (n = approximately 4,000). Outdoor concentrations of traffic-related air pollutants (nitrogen dioxide PM(2.5), particl...

BACKGROUND Due to frequent infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, repeated respiratory cultures are obtained to inform treatment. When patients are unable to expectorate sputum, clinicians obtain throat swabs as a surrogate for lower respiratory cultures. There is no clear data in adult subjects demonstrating the adequacy of throat swabs as a surrogate for sputum or BAL. Our study was des...

BACKGROUND Sore throat and hoarseness are common complications, but these have not been studied after total i.v. anaesthesia. METHODS We prospectively studied 418 surgical patients, aged 15-92 yr, after total i.v. anaesthesia with propofol, fentanyl and ketamine to assess possible factors associated with sore throat and hoarseness. RESULT We found sore throat in 50% and hoarseness in 55% of...

Introduction: As the daily number of patients diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection by PCR increases, necessity to identify truly infectious cases becomes more significant. We aimed a cut-off Ct value COVID-19 RT-PCR assay for likely infectivity assessing IgG status and investigating utility Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) in identifying among asymptomatic individuals. Methods: Nasopharyngeal/throat swa...

Jealousy and Envy are essential part of human emotions behavior. In today’s fast-moving world where everyone is in rush to cut-throat competition, it more important discuss these than ever before. envy somewhere connected. a practice defend something that owned threatened whereas tendency obtain does not own by one. develop naturally also test their character the response they give due emotiona...

post-operative sore throat is one of the most common complications and complaints of patients after general anesthesia especially in operations that need endotracheal intubations. its causes are: size of endotracheal tube and type of its cuff, inadequate airway humidification, trauma during intubation and suctioning, high flow of inspiratory gases, surgical manipulation of airway and adjacent o...

Introduction: Kites were first introduced by the Chinese more than three thousand years ago, but in places like India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Kite flying is celebrated unique way. People enjoy cutting down others kites there an instinct to catch threads of “Cut-Kite” rejoice gain. In this study conducted at a tertiary care emergency medicine department understand demographic profile injuries...

Background Varicella (chickenpox) is a common childhood disease, but if it develops during pregnancy, can have serious and undesirable consequences, including congenital varicella syndrome, maternal VZV pneumonia, neonatal infection; this lead to feto-maternal morbidity mortality. Antiviral therapy appropriate supportive care improve outcomes. This case report provides an overview of varicella-...