John Fry coined the phrase 'the catarrhal child' to describe the child we all know only too well with ever running nose whose desperate mother begs us to do something to staunch the flow of mucus. An understanding of the epidemiology and pathogenesis of upper respiratory tract viral infections may not enable us to stop the nose from running, but it can help us not to prescribe valueless medicat...

BACKGROUND Early-life respiratory tract infections could affect airway obstruction and increase asthma risk in later life. However, results from previous studies are inconsistent. OBJECTIVE We examined the associations of early-life respiratory tract infections with lung function and asthma in school-aged children. METHODS This study among 5197 children born between April 2002 and January 2...

background : foreign body aspiration is a common medical emergency among children that can lead to lethal complications especially in neglected or misdiagnosed cases. case report: this article is a report of a 15-month-old child who aspirated food materials and after chocking crisis, she presented with unspecific respiratory symptoms and treated for respiratory tract infections. after five days...

At the end of 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2SARS-CoV-2) emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, and infected over 4 million people around the world. Individuals with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have an influenza-like illness and respiratory tract infections. We can categorize patients in three main groups: asymptomatic infected cases, patients with mild upper res...

  Background :Respiratory viruses are the leading cause of respiratory tract infections among children and are responsible for causing morbidity and mortality worldwide. This study was performed to detect viruses in children with respiratory infections and describe their epidemiology and clinical characteristics.   Methods : In this descriptive cross sectional study, throat swabs and wash speci...

Scimitar syndrome is characterized by partial or total anomalous pulmonary venous return from the right lung along with hypoplasia of the lung .Here we present a case of a 9month old female child with history of repeated lower respiratory tract infections with imaging findings consistent with Scimitar syndrome. We are reporting this case in view of the rarity.