A bronchopneumonia of calves in the early months of life is described and its etiology associated definitely with a minute bacillus, Bacillus actinoides. Bacillus pyogenes, Bacillus bovisepticus, and, less frequently, staphylococci and streptococci may appear later in the affected lungs. Subcutaneous injections of cultures of Bacillus actinoides produce large indurations ending in necrosis. Sim...

The No. 1 Australian Stationary Hospital disembarked on the 23rd of January, and entrained for Cairo. On arrival we were sent to Maadi, an English suburb of Cairo, near which the Light Horse camp was situated ... Our life settled down into a dull routine, with the exception of my own, for, on the 10th of February, I developed pleurisy and bronchopneumonia, finally being sent to the No. 1 Genera...

Introduction: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of major causes of viral respiratory tract disease in young children and infants. We aimed to study the frequency of respiratory syncytial virus and its subtypes in pneumonia and bronchopneumonia in pediatric patients less than two years old tested by nested polymerase chain reaction with the evaluation of routinely used methods of diagnosi...

This study investigated the serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels in children with community-acquired pneumonia. Serum VEGF levels were measured in patients with pneumonia (n=29) and in control subjects (n=27) by a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The pneumonia group was classified into bronchopneumonia with pleural effusion (n=1), bronchopneumonia without pleural ef...

Introduction  The association between sinus and lung diseases is well known. However, there are scarce studies regarding the effects of sinus surgery on pulmonary function in lung transplant recipients. The present study describes our experience with sinus surgery in lung transplant recipients with chronic rhinosinusitis. Objectives  To assess the impact of sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusi...

ABSTRACTBackground Bronchopneumonia is a disease that attacks the respiratory tract where inflammation occurs in lungs. which affects bronchi to alveoli of lungs, bronchopneumonia with manifestations varying from coughing, runny nose, fever, accompanied by shortness breath. So it will cause ineffective airway clearance children. One nursing actions given pediatric patients nebulizer and Ventoli...

Bronchopneumonia accounts for 15% of all deaths children under five. The primary nursing problem bronchopneumonia patients is ineffective airway clearance which can lead to more severe problems such as shortness breath and even death. Management ineffectiveness be done by nebulization corticosteroids, chest physiotherapy, suctioning effective coughing. Nebulization accompanied physiotherapy rem...

since hospitals are an important and integral part of the overall health delivery system, this study was carried out to measure the effectiveness of this institution within the system. the records of 633 hospitalized patients in the pediatrics ward of ghaem hospital in mashhad during 1357 (21 march 1978-20 march 1979) has been consulted. more than half of the patients were hospitalized with the...