Respiratory Disease and Infection

The Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in the Young

Respiratory syncytial virus causes seasonal epidemics during the winter and wet seasons, particularly in young children. This book provides an overview of RSV and describes its incidence and presentation in different populations, including preterm infants and children with congenital heart disease.

Author(s): Bernhard Resch

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Respiratory Disease and Infection

Respiratory disease is a medical term that encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms, and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, pleura and pleural cavity, and the nerves and muscles of breathing. This book has been designed to deliver the detailed knowledge about the various respiratory infections including viral, bacterial, and helminthic infections.

Author(s): Mayank Vats

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Practical Approach to Lung Health

The manual provides practical guidance to health managers whose efforts are crucial to the achievement of global TB control goals and national targets for case- management of respiratory conditions. It will also be helpful for health care providers at both first-level health care facilities and the first referral level.

Author(s): World Health Organization

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Respiratory Tract Infections Antibiotic Prescribing

This guideline offers best practice advice on the care of adults and children with Respiratory Tract Infections, for whom immediate antibiotic prescribing is not indicated. This guideline focuses on 5 common Respiratory Tract Infections: cute otitis media (AOM), acute cough/acute bronchitis, acute sore throat/acute pharyngitis/acute tonsillitis, acute rhinosinusitis and the common cold.

Author(s): National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

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