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We examined respiratory viral testing and influenza antiviral prescriptions at a US tertiary care hospital. During the 2010-11 to 2012-13 influenza seasons, antiviral prescriptions among acute respiratory illness (ARI) hospitalizations were associated with viral testing (rate ratio = 15.0), and empiric prescriptions were rare (<1% of ARI hospitalizations).

OBJECTIVE To study the effect of 2 weeks of prophylactic zinc supplementation on incidence and duration of acute respiratory infections. DESIGN Randomized double blind controlled trial. SETTING Community based; urban resettlement area in North-East Delhi, India. PARTICIPANTS 272 children aged 6-11 months with acute respiratory infections. Children receiving zinc supplement within the past...

H1N1 virus infection was identified as cause of febrile respiratory infections ranging from self-limited to severe illness both in adults and children. A small percentage of children develops more severe symptoms, such as elevated fever, persistent cough, pneumonia, and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) [3,4], requiring admission to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and mechanic...

Respiratory distress syndrome occurs in a variety of clinical situations of which sepsis is one important precipitating factor. We have observed and successfully treated with high PEEP (positive end-expiratory pressure) a rare case of chromobacterial septicaemia complicated by an acute respiratory distress syndrome. We describe here the first reported case of a patient in this country surviving...