Elderberry supplementation may reduce the duration and severity of upper respiratory symptoms, according to a meta-analysis published in the journal Complementary Therapies in Medicine.
Recommendations have been developed for home oxygen therapy in children with chronic respiratory conditions; the clinical practice guideline from the American Thoracic Society was published in the February 1 issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
The use of macrolide adjunctive therapy has been shown to be safe and effective for the treatment of children with wheezing disease, according to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on the topic.
Lumacaftor/ivacaftor safe in children ages 2 to 5 with cystic fibrosis homozygous for F508del-CFTR
The procedure, known as Elevoplasty, was investigated in the S.I.L.E.N.C.E. study (Snoring Intervention via Elevoplasty in a Non-surgical Clinical Environment) which included 52 patients.
The researchers found that 48% of participants had sleep apnea and 25% had a sleep efficiency of ≤88%.
Most children younger than 2 years with bronchiolitis seen in US emergency departments and prescribed antibiotics have no documented bacterial coinfection, according to a study published online January 17 in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.
The introduction of emergency department- or community-based pharmacists with an expanded scope of practice may cut emergency department overcrowding, according to a study recently published in Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy.
Compared with pediatric emergency departments, antibiotics were prescribed more frequently in nonpediatric emergency departments (24 vs 20%).
Among OSA patients, risk for developing gout is highest one to two years after the index date
