Introduction: Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) is a disease of the respiratory system. It is a symptomatic disease with different types of causative agent, and whose definite treatment and cure depends on the type of pathogens, nature of onset, severity of symptoms and the host factors ...
A Case of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Related Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - A Case Report - Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common cause of respiratory tract infection in children. Although previously considered as children's virus, the inc... 이진우,TY Park,ES Kim,... -...
Moreover, infection distribution leads to varieties based on the patient’s age; for example, acute respiratory infections pose severe problem in childhood, which mainly occur in upper respiratory tract. Although the bacterial pathogens play a significant role in intensifying LRTIs, the major acute ...
Box. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria Inclusion criteria Population: children and adolescents (age ≤19 y) with confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection Study design: retrospective studies (cross-sectional studies, case-control studies, case series, and case repo...
Study design The analysis encompassed six metropolitan cities in South Korea, namely Seoul, Incheon, Gwangju, Daejeon, Daegu, and Busan. Notably, in the case of Incheon, Ongjin-gun, and Ganghwa-gun were excluded due to geographical requirements. This city-centric approach, rather than a nationwid...
circulating pluripotent hematopoietic cell grafts andbone marrow transplantationhave contributed to the increase in successful treatment of solid and hematologicmalignancies. However, these regimens may predispose patients to various life-threatening complications, such as infection,hemorrhage,capillary leak syndrom...
Auscultation has been essential part of the physical examination; this is non-invasive, real-time, and very informative. Detection of abnormal respiratory sounds with a stethoscope is important in diagnosing respiratory diseases and providing first aid.
Furthermore, most recent meta-analyses revealed that RSV-related case fatality proportions for individuals over 60 years of age residing in developed countries was approximately 8% [74], with an estimated 33,000 in-hospital deaths due to acute RSV infection [75]. RSV was first isolated in ...
To KK, Tsang OT, Leung WS, Tam AR, Wu TC, Lung DC, Yip CC, Cai JP, Chan JM, Chik TS, et al. Temporal profiles of viral load in posterior oropharyngeal saliva samples and serum antibody responses during infection by SARS-CoV-2: an observational cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020...
If pneumonia occurs in the setting of an influenza outbreak or if a particular case is suggestive of influenza infection, a nasopharyngeal swab should be obtained for rapid detection of viral antigen by polymerase chain reaction. Similarly, if tuberculosis is a possibility, sputum samples for microsc...