There are available dozens of antibiotics to treat pneumonia in or out the hospital, sometimes is hard even for the physician to select the best drug. To determine which is the antibiotic that suits best the physician has to determine the micro organism that caused th...

As TECHNOLOGIC CAPABILITY INCREASES, so does the number of survivors of prematurity. By definition, a premature infant is one that is delivered before 37 completed weeks of gestation. More than 400,000 premature infants are born each year in the United States, an...

ABSTRACT This article examines a series of wartime massacres (sook chings) conducted at various Southeast Asian sites with a view to teasing out broader lessons about justice, compensation, apology and the uses of memory both on the side of the victims as well as...

Background: The aims of this study are to define the length of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season throughout Florida and evaluate the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines on the administration of palivizumab in light of the Florida data. M...

Montreal -- The use of palivizumab prophylaxis significantly decreased the hospitalization rate for acute respiratory illness in infants with cystic fibrosis, Dr. Karin Giebels said at the International Congress on Pediatric Pulmonology ...

ABBOTT PARK, Illinois and GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released a policy statement on the revised indications for the use of palivizumab and respiratory syncytial virus immune globulin intravenous (RSV-IGIV) for the prevention of RSV infections. The full statement was published...

Except in very high risk infants there is no cost effective prophylatic agent ...

In the United States, bronchiolitis related to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of hospitalization in infants younger than one year. While only 1 to 2 percent of infants with this condition are hospitalized, annual hospital costs for RSV infectio...

The rates of morbidity and mortality due to influenza and pneumococcal diseases are high among persons with underlying medical conditions; thus, influenza and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines are recommended for those with cardiac disease, diabetes mellitus, chron...

Bronchiolitis, usually seen in children younger than two years, manifests as rhinorrhea, cough, expiratory wheezing, and respiratory distress. After several days, cough worsens and there is evidence of lower respiratory tract involvement including difficulty breathing...

TABLE 1 ADDITIONAL VACCINE AND IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PERSONS WITH VARIOUS MEDICAL CONDITIONS * Illness Vaccines to administer Aspirin therapy, long-term Influenza Bronchopulmonary dysplasia Respiratory syncytial (BPD) an...

Antibiotics used in the treatment of pneumonia There are available dozens of antibiotics to treat pneumonia in or out the hospital, sometimes is hard even for the physician to select the best drug. To determine which is the antibiotic that suits best the ...