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Children below 4 years of age and in public day care were invited to participate in this prospective study. The children started with a visit to an ENT doctor and after inclusion the children started to spray twice daily with glucose oxidase+glucose or only saline+glucose for 3 months. During this

There is no substantial evidence that a fever lower than 41°C is harmful to the welfare of an otherwise healthy child, although they can be dangerous to children already in critical condition [1,2]. However, fevers in healthy children commonly cause anxiety in parents and caregivers, so parents and

The investigational product is a combination of desloratadine, phenylephrine hydrochloride and ibuprofen. The desloratadine is a antihistamine and selectively block the activity of histamine receptor-1 (H1) resulting in a non sedative and prolong antiallergic effect. The phenylephrine is a potent

The upper respiratory infections are frequent in the population, and its treatment, in most cases involves the use of symptomatic drugs. Paracetamol is used as an analgesic and antipyretic, whereas chlorpheniramine and phenylephrine is an antihistamine with a vasoconstrictor decongestant function.

Infections of upper respiratory tract are common in the population, and its treatment, in most cases involves the use of symptomatic drugs. Paracetamol is used as an analgesic and antipyretic, while chlorpheniramine is an antihistamine and a vasoconstrictor phenylephrine decongestant function. This

Upper respiratory infections are rather frequent in the population, and their treatment consists, in most cases, in the use of symptomatic drugs. Acetaminophen is widely used as an analgesic and antipyretic, whereas chlorpheniramine is an antihistaminic and phenylephrine is a vasoconstrictor with

During the last 6 years Zanzibar has undergone a dramatic change in malaria epidemiology and burden of disease, with a marked decline of Plasmodium falciparum malaria among febrile children from approximately 30% to 1% or below and a reduction of crude child mortality of 50%. Millions of children in

A fever an a non-blanching rash is a relatively common presentation the the emergency department. A minority of children with a fever and a non-blanching rash with have a life-threatening infection. Currently it is very difficult to determine those children that require urgent treatment from those

Erysipelas-like erythema (ELE) is the pathognomonic cutaneous manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). It typically presents with painful, well-demarcated, and unilateral erythema overlying the ankle, and resolves spontaneously within 24 to 72 hours. Its incidence varies from 1% to 48%

Globally, mortality in children under five years (U5MR) stands at 45.6/1000 live births and it is estimated that 6.3 million children under five (U5) die each year. Despite a seemingly impressive global decline in U5MR, Sub-Saharan Africa is the only region that has registered increasing under-five

Design: A randomized controlled observational study including children 0-6 year with fever and/or respiratory symptoms at 4 different Out-of-hour Services and at 1 Emergency Children Department Clinic at a hospital (open clinic). The data consist of clinical data and anamnestic information from a