The British Thoracic Society first published management guidelines for community acquired
pneumonia in children in 2002 and covered available evidence to early 2000. These …

Background The consequences of influenza in children and adults are mainly absenteeism
from school and work. However, the risk of complications is greatest in children and people …

Background Meningococcal disease is a rapidly progressive childhood infection of global
importance. To our knowledge, no systematic quantitative research exists into the occurrence …

Bronchopulmonary C-fibers and a subset of mechanically sensitive, acid-sensitive myelinated
sensory nerves play essential roles in regulating cough. These vagal sensory nerves …

Background Unexplained chronic cough (UCC) causes significant impairments in quality of
life. Effective assessment and treatment approaches are needed for UCC. Methods This …

Background We performed systematic reviews using the population, intervention, comparison,
outcome (PICO) format to answer the following key clinical question: Are the CHEST 2006 …

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an important and common inflammatory vasculitis of early
childhood with a striking predilection for the coronary arteries. It is the predominant cause of …

Objective To assess the effects of the neuraminidase inhibitors oseltamivir and zanamivir in
treatment of children with seasonal influenza and prevention of transmission to children in …

Background We updated the 2006 ACCP clinical practice guidelines for management of
reflux-cough syndrome. Methods Two population, intervention, comparison, outcome (PICO) …

Objective To assess the effect of community prescribing of an antibiotic for acute respiratory
infection on the prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in an individual child. Study design …