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BACKGROUND
GPs are often consulted for respiratory tract symptoms in children.
OBJECTIVE
To explore characteristics of children, their parents, and their GPs that are correlated with consulting a GP for cough, sore throat, or earache.
METHODS
Second Dutch National Survey of General Practice
About 2.5 billion people are living at a higher risk of dengue fever in hundreds of tropical and sub-tropical countries. Treatment of dengue fever is quite complicated and challenging because of the lack of effective treatment approaches. We herein report a rare case of a 25-year-old female with a
One hundred and seventy-one children up to 15 years of age and with acute otalgia were examined to find out whether otalgia or any other symptoms were so closely related to acute otitis media (AOM) as to make otoscopic examination unnecessary. AOM was diagnosed in 46%, simplex otitis in 15%, serous
Fever and pain in children, especially associated with infections, such as otitis media, are very common. In paediatric populations, ibuprofen and paracetamol (acetaminophen) are both commonly used over-the-counter medicines for the management of fever or mild-to-moderate pain associated with sore
BACKGROUND
Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi.
METHODS
We encountered a patient with sensorineural hearing loss complicating scrub typhus, and three patients with scrub typhus who complained of otalgia, which was sudden onset, severe, paroxysmal, intermittent
Of 66 babies under the age of 3 months, who were examined during a 6-month period for excessive or unusual crying, and who showed no signs of fever, diarrhoea, vomiting, blocked nose, skin eruptions, and difficulties with breast- or bottle-feeding, 9 had pus or mucus in the middle ear. All who care
BACKGROUND
Scrub typhus, a mite-transmitted zoonosis caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is an endemic disease in Taiwan and may be potentially fatal if diagnosis is delayed.
METHODS
We encountered a 23-year-old previously healthy Taiwanese male soldier presenting with the right ear pain after
Otitis media chronica cholesteatomatica with cerebral sigmoid sinus thrombosis is an important differential diagnosis in the evaluation of headache. We describe a 31-year-old Filipino man with chief complaints of headache, otalgia, vomiting, and vertigo, and no significant past medical history. Two
A previously healthy 13-year-old female patient presented with a 7-day history of otalgia, pharyngitis and trismus without fever, dysphagia or dyspnea. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed an orthodontic archwire penetrating the pterygoid musculature. This case highlights the importance of
The clinical characteristics of acute otitis media in relation to coexisting respiratory virus infection were studied in a 1-year prospective study of 363 children with acute otitis media. Respiratory viruses were detected using virus isolation and virus antigen detection in nasopharyngeal specimens
We present the results of the investigation of an epidemic outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection which affected 95 schoolchildren from certain village in Catalonia. The investigation took an epidemiological, clinical and microbiological approach, detecting by capture enzyme-immunoassay
BACKGROUND
Many consultations are partly or totally spent on minor ailments. A minor ailment is defined as a health complaint which, by simple actions, patients could handle themselves.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the prevalence, type of conditions, and time spent on minor ailments in consultations in
Sphingomonas paucimobilis is an aerobic Gram-negative bacillus that, although rare in humans, most commonly infects immunocompromised and hospitalized patients. Among the 59 pediatric cases of S. paucimobilis infection reported in the literature, the most common diagnosis involves isolated
OBJECTIVE
To describe the establishment and function of a secondary pediatric ambulatory care service within the community, to assess the utilization of a pediatric community service ("The Center"), and to assess parents' degree of satisfaction with the quality of care in the
OBJECTIVE
To describe correlates of various modes of presentation and identify some surrogates of poor outcome of children less than 5 years with Acute Otitis Media (AOM).
METHODS
This is a cross-sectional survey conducted at 11 primary health care centers in Riyadh city over 3 month period. A total