Bacterial infection in wheezy children.

Viral infection in wheezy bronchitis and asthma in children.

Virus isolation was attempted on 267 out of 360 patients with wheezy bronchitis or asthma admitted to hospital during a 3-year period. Viruses were isolated on 39 occasions, the most common being respiratory syncytial virus and rhinovirus. The peak months for virus isolation were February and August. Virus isolation was significantly more common in readmissions than in first admissions (P less ...

Variability of peak flow in wheezy children.

A study of peak flow variability was carried out among a population sample of 63 wheezy children aged 9-11 years. Recordings were made over 12 days at three times during the day--first thing in the morning, on returning home from school and at bedtime. Eighty nine per cent of the children had symptoms during the diary period. The mean amplitude (difference between the highest and lowest daily p...

Bacterial Infection in Infants and Children with Fever Selected for Lumbar Puncture

ABSTRACT Lumbar puncture (LP) is performed frequently in Pediatric departments to diagnose meningitis in infants and young children with fever. Children selected to have LP who do not have meningitis may, however, have other bacterial infections. During a 2-year desciptive study, we investigated lumbar punctures performed in pediatric departments of Bou-Ali, Emam-Hossein and Loghmane-Hakim ho...

Bandemia in Children Without a Bacterial Infection

Diagnostic accuracy of bronchodilator responsiveness in wheezy children.

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of bronchodilator responsiveness for asthma in 5-10 year old children. METHODS Spirometric measurements were made in 142 children (58 wheezers) before and after 400 mug inhaled salbutamol. RESULTS On a receiver operating characteristic curve, a 9% increase in predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 second was the cut o...