There is a wide variety of resistance mechanisms that hosts may evolve in response to their parasites. These can be functionally classified as avoidance (lower probability of becoming infected), recovery (faster rate of clearance), tolerance (reduced death rate when infected), or acquired immunity. It is commonly thought that longer lived organisms should invest more in costly resistance. We sh...

Three to four hour polygraphic sleep studies were carried out in 10 infants, five with upper respiratory infection and five with metabolic alkalosis secondary to vomiting during and after recovery from illness. During upper respiratory infection, the main abnormality detected was brief (greater than 3 less than 6 seconds) or prolonged (greater than 6 seconds) attacks of obstructive apnoea. Othe...

Background. Assessing the probability of an adverse outcome severe infections and sepsis in children order to timely correct treatment is one most acute problems resuscitation intensive care. The ojective was identify predictors upon admission ICU. Materials methods. Design – a retrospective cohort multicenter uncontrolled study. 180 with course infectious diseases were examined. mean age patie...