conclusions crs is a common disease with negative effects on the quality of patients’ lives. this study showed the high prevalence of these two common respiratory viruses in patients with crs. background chronic rhinosinusitis (crs) is one of the most common chronic illnesses, but the etiology and pathogenesis of crs are not well understood. few studies have been carried out on the role of viru...

conclusions mp, flub and rsv are the principal contributors to ari in the hubei area, with mixed infections, typically of mp and flub, being the most common pathogens statistically significant between different age groups. background acute respiratory infection (ari) is one of the primary diseases that cause high morbidity and mortality to children especially in developing countries. ari can co...

pneumonia is the leading cause of mortality in young children worldwide. early diagnosis and empiric antibacterial therapy is an important strategy to improve outcome. the world health organization (who) has developed case management guidelines to reduce pneumonia-related deaths through early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment. for management purpose, pneumonia is subclassified by its severity....

acute respiratory distress syndrome (ards) is a complex disorder of heterogeneous etiologies characterized by a consistent, recognizable pattern of lung injury and a potentially devastating form of acute inflammatory lung injury with a high short-term mortality rate and significant long-term consequences among survivors. recently, the new definition of ards has been published, and this definiti...

this is a descriptive field study. the aim of this study was to find personal, familial and socio-economical characteristics of children under five years old, and relationships between these characteristics with acute respiratory infection. the sample was 60 children with acute respiratory infection. data gathered by a questionair include 44 question about personal, familial and socio-economica...

formaldehyde is a common indoor pollutant with irritant properties. the present case control study was undertaken among 37 exposed staff with formaldehyde and 19 non exposed (referent) ones to study the acute and chronic effects of it in two educational hospitals. all subjects were tested for respiratory function by a portable alpha vitalograph-uk. in addition using a respiratory questionnaire,...

conclusions multiplex sybr green real-time pcr is a rapid and relatively inexpensive method for detection of respiratory viruses. results application of the multiplex sybr green real-time pcr in clinical samples from 172 patients in a one-year study resulted in detection of 19 (11.04%) piv3, 9 (5.23%) piv4, and 1 (0.58%) coronavirus nl63. all the positive samples were detected during december t...

We have described the more important re­spiratory complications relating to poison­ing. Particular attention has been directed for the prevention of aspiration of stomach contents, and treatment of acid aspiration syndrome because of its poor progvosis. Re­spiratory complications may occur in 3p.c. of poisonings. In comatose patient possibility of aspiration is great. Respiratory assistance wit...

garbage collectors are occupationally exposed to a variety of airborne contaminants. the main objective of this study was to evaluate the respiratory health of garbage collectors. this study was carried out in fars province, south of iran. a group of 105 garbage collectors and 93 referent subjects were investigated. a standard questionnaire was administered to both groups. furthermore, subjects...

background: agate is a hard silica stone with bands of various colors, which is used in jewelry. the agate grinding workers are exposed to silica dust. objective: to determine the prevalence of respiratory diseases in agate grinding workers and the associated factors. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 170 agate grinding workers from mashhad, northeastern iran, were examined. medical and o...