OBJECTIVE To investigate whether compliance of patients to antibiotic treatment is better when antibiotics are administered once than multiple times daily. METHODS We performed a systematic search in PubMed and Scopus databases. Only randomized controlled trials were considered eligible for inclusion. Compliance to antibiotic treatment was the outcome of the meta-analysis. RESULTS Twenty-si...

The article by TEEPE et al. [1] recently published in the European Respiratory Journal is an interesting paper on the risk factors of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children and adults in a primary-care setting. The study population consisted of 156 young adults and 107 children (aged ,15 yrs) suffering from CAP, and three controls were selected for each case from the same age group. The...

I read with great interest the article by Kartasurya et al.. The authors conclude that Zn combined with vitamin A significantly reduces the percentage of days with upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) in preschool Indonesian children. However, there are a few points in the paper that deserve comment. First, the claimed reduction in the percentage of days with URTI following Zn supplementat...

OBJECTIVE Communication between emergency department (ED) staff and parents of children with asthma may play a role in asthma exacerbation management. We investigated the extent to which parents of children with asthma implement recommendations provided by the ED staff. METHOD We asked questions on asthma triggers, ED care (including education and discharge recommendations), and asthma manage...

CONTEXT Observational studies have reported an inverse association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) levels and incidence of upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). However, results of clinical trials of vitamin D supplementation have been inconclusive. OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of vitamin D supplementation on incidence and severity of URTIs in healthy adults. DESIGN, S...

In this nested case-control study in a populationrepresentative medical records database from the United Kingdom, children with newly diagnosed juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) were compared with ageand gender-matched control subjects randomly selected from general practices containing at least one case, excluding those with inflammatory bowel disease, immunodeficiency, or other systemic rhe...

INTRODUCTION OR BACKGROUND Heavy exercise induces marked immunodepression, which is multifactorial in origin. Evidence showing clinical significance of this immunodepression is scarce. SOURCES OF DATA We assessed in a systematic manner whether physical activity or intensity of exercise increase susceptibility to upper respiratory tract infections (URTI). A literature search was performed usin...

People's health beliefs have remained under the influence of various factors. Our health is determined by physical and social environment, health behaviors, and lifestyle. The evaluation of frequency of upper respiratory tract diseases among Polish students was the aim of the study. Survey was conducted among 476 students of medicine and dentistry in the Pomeranian Medical University of Szczeci...

Influenza is one of the common etiologies of the upper respiratory tract infection (URTI). However, influenza virus only contributes about 20 percent of influenza-like illness patients. The aim of the study is to investigate the other viral etiologies from ILI cases in Indonesia. Of the 334 samples, 266 samples (78%) were positive at least for one virus, including 107 (42%) cases of multiple in...

OBJECTIVES To examine the patterns of upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) in postmenopausal Turkish women and the relationship of moderate aerobic exercise with secretion of salivary IgA and episodes of URTI. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ninety healthy, sedentary women at ages 45 to 65 years volunteered to participate in a 12-week prospective study. They were randomized to three groups equal i...