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Infection by 2 to 3 viruses was common among children presenting to the ED with wheezing potentially linked to an asthma exacerbation.

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Objective To examine the ability of the criteria proposed by the WHO to identify pneumonia among cases presenting with wheezing and the extent to which adding fever to the criteria alters their ...

Changes in breathing sounds can be scary for parents, yet noisy breathing is remarkably common among infants and toddlers. "Children's airways are softer and narrower than adults', so they're more ...

Wheezing occurs when your breath sounds like a high-pitched whistle. Wheezing can occur with certain lung and medical conditions, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). While ...

Tiny premature babies regularly dislodge their breathing tubes, experts have warned, after Lucy Letby was denied the right to appeal her conviction for attempting to murder a baby girl.

In >40% of children, extubation was delayed >6 hrs suggesting importance of other factors not evaluated in the test but that have influence on the overall timing of extubation. The most common ...

"After several attempts, the obstruction in the baby’s airway was successfully cleared, and her color began returning to normal," according to the post. The department said Firefighters Kenneth Hicks ...