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A brief history of croup is presented. The forms of croup under examination are defined with emotional factors at one end of a continuum and viral and traumatic factors at the other. The complexity of the disorder and its peculiar clinical characteristics are explained. Some of these characteristics
OBJECTIVE
Croup is a common pediatric respiratory illness with symptoms of varying severity. Moreover, epiglottitis is a rare disease that can rapidly progress to life-threatening airway obstruction. Although the clinical course and treatments differ between croup and epiglottitis, they are
Since the 1960s, corticosteroids have been used in the treatment of laryngotracheobronchitis, commonly called croup. Initially, their use for croup was controversial and highly debated in the literature. The evidence over the last 2 decades has strongly favored corticosteroid use in croup
OBJECTIVE
We aimed to evaluate a possible relation between gastroesophageal reflux disease and middle ear effusion in children.
METHODS
Children who came to ear, nose, and throat (ENT) department with the symptoms of hearing loss or aural fullness and diagnosed as OME by examination and tympanometry
OBJECTIVE
To determine the characteristics of children younger than 14 years visiting our pediatric emergency department between 0:00 and 8:00 hours.
METHODS
Retrospective review of 300 children visiting our emergency department at night.
RESULTS
Between March 1 and 22 1999 we recorded 300 episodes
BACKGROUND
Corticosteroids are used to treat a variety of medical conditions including acute asthma and croup where they are often given in short-courses. Epidemiological studies in Saudi Arabia show an increasing prevalence of respiratory diseases such as asthma in the past three decades.1 This
Short-course oral corticosteroids are routinely used to treat acute asthma and croup. We evaluated their tolerability and palatability in Saudi Arabian (SA) and UK children.
Prospective observational/interview study (3 months in each country). Palatability was evaluated using a 5-point facial
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic, inflammatory condition of the esophagus. Prevalence of EoE is on the rise and, owing to its associated extragastrointestinal manifestations and comorbidities, otolaryngologists are increasingly encountering this condition in their Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an atopic condition diagnosed based on eosinophilic infiltration in the esophagus and symptoms of esophageal dysfunction. Typical clinical manifestations of EoE include feeding refusal, vomiting, and dysphagia however recent reports highlight an associations with
An outbreak of influenza virus type B infection occurred in Philadelphia from December, 1985, to April, 1986. During this epidemic 24 patients were admitted to Children's Hospital from whom influenza B was isolated from routine respiratory viral cultures. All were younger than 3 years of age.
OBJECTIVE
To describe patient demand and management in a hospital pediatric emergency setting.
METHODS
We analyzed the number of episodes registered in our pediatric emergency unit between 1995 and 2002 and performed a retrospective, random survey of 540 episodes in children aged less than 14 years
We retrospectively reviewed the manifestations of influenza A2 in 83 hospitalized young children. Our purpose was to define the spectrum of clinical illness in this age group. Findings included fever (91%), vomiting or diarrhea (49%), pharyngitis (34%), pneumonitis (29%), otitis media (24%),
BACKGROUND
Pediatric after-hours telephone triage by call center nurses is an important part of pediatric health care provision.
OBJECTIVE
To use a computerized database including the after-hours telephone calls for 90% of the pediatricians in Colorado to examine: (1) the epidemiology of after-hours
OBJECTIVE
to determine if there is a correlation between common otolaryngologic symptoms and presence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in children.
METHODS
charts of 295 children presenting with suspicion of GERD were reviewed for presenting symptoms including: (1) airway symptoms: stertor,
Recovery and outcome parameters of children undergoing surgery as outpatient are reported. There are minor differences between different drugs in terms of outcome, speed of recovery and recovery adverse events. There is a trend in increasing adverse events (most of all emergence delirium) during