Current status of tuberculosis and acute respiratory infections in India: Much more needs to be done!

Respiratory Tract Infection among Children below 5 Years of Age- A Retrospective Study

“…Significantly higher number of children was residing in overcrowding area. This is similar to Vashishtha et al 8 270…”

“…The difference was nonsignificant (P-1). Graph I shows that symptoms in children were cold (270), cough (265), sore throat (27), ear discharge (12), associated fever (325), associated fever & fast breathing (8). The difference was significant (P-0.02).…”

Frequency and pattern of respiratory diseases in children

“…Chang et al in Australia reported a median age of 1.8 years, which is quite similar to the results of our study. 10 In Netherlands, Uijen et al and Ugwu and co-workers in Niger-Delta region of Nigeria both showed respiratory diseases to be predominantly present in male children and in those younger than five year of age. less compliant lungs and less mature immune system so, making them more vulnerable to airway diseases and other infections and thus increasing the morbidity and mortality.…”

Antimicrobial prescribing pattern in the treatment of acute respiratory tract infections in children in a tertiary care hospital

“…1 Acute respiratory infections can be classified as -a) Upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) include the common cold, laryngitis, pharyngitis/tonsillitis, acute rhinitis, acute rhino sinusitis and acute otitis media, b) Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) include acute bronchitis, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia. 2 Recent estimates suggest that the global incidence of hospital admissions in young children related to severe or very severe lower respiratory tract infections may be as high as 11.9 million (95% CI 10.3-13.9 million) and 3.0 million (2.1-4.2 million) annual episodes respectively, representing a huge burden for the health systems, typically fragile in such settings.…”