OBJECTIVE To determine the expected duration of symptoms of common respiratory tract infections in children in primary and emergency care. DESIGN Systematic review of existing literature to determine durations of symptoms of earache, sore throat, cough (including acute cough, bronchiolitis, and croup), and common cold in children. DATA SOURCES PubMed, DARE, and CINAHL (all to July 2012). ...

Global animal protein consumption has been steadily increasing as a result of population growth and the demand for nutritious diets. The poultry industry provides large portion meat eggs human consumption. early detection warning infectious diseases play critical role in breeding production systems, improving welfare reducing losses. However, inadequate methods prevention farms sometimes fail t...

    Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), in addition to its respiratory problems, is accompanied by several musculoskeletal consequences. The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of eccentric exercise in the form of downhill walking (DW) on respiratory capacity, physical function and quality of life (QOL) in patients with COPD.    ...

OBJECTIVE There is mounting evidence indicating that oxidative and inflammatory processes may have an important role in the pathogenesis of panic disorder (PD). PD is a heterogeneous disease, and panic attacks are divided according to the different symptom clusters as respiratory, nocturnal, non-fearful, cognitive, or vestibular subtypes. The aim of this study was to compare whole-blood and ser...

purpose: to evaluate the range of accommodation lag and it's signs and symptoms in 20-25 year-old female students at zahedan medical school, iran. methods: three-hundred female students were enrolled for assessment of accommodation. after exclusion of individuals with individuals with accommodation disorders in 3 steps including amplitude of accommodation, accommodative facility, and relat...

in schizophrenia, neurocognitive functions are one to two standard deviations below the normal controls and these deficits have a significant relationship with overall functioning and poor outcome. according to this fact, it is important to investigate the factors that effect neurocognition in schizophrenic patients. this study was carried out to demonstrate the relationship between attention/v...

introduction mild intermittent asthma is common in children and viral infections are responsible for the majority of exacerbations. as leukotrienes are potent inflammatory mediators, some studies have shown that montelukast, a leukotriene receptor antagonist, may be effective on reduction of asthma symptom. to determine whether a short course of montelukast in asthmatic children with common col...

BACKGROUND The relationship between public transport use and acquisition of acute respiratory infection (ARI) is not well understood but potentially important during epidemics and pandemics. METHODS A case-control study performed during the 2008/09 influenza season. Cases (n = 72) consulted a General Practitioner with ARI, and controls with another non-respiratory acute condition (n = 66). Da...