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Lung transplantation is a life-saving therapy for patients with end-stage lung disease refractory to medical treatment, providing an improvement in both survival and quality of life.[1,2] Despite the benefits, patients are at risk for myriad side effects including infection, malignancy, neurologic
Any patient weighing >2 kg between the ages of > 37 weeks corrected gestational age and <18 years who is intubated and mechanically ventilated will be eligible for the study. We seek to group patients into 3 potential cohorts:
i. Normal Lungs (maximum 30 patients): Mechanically ventilated patients
Study area/setting:
Pediatric emergency center Al-Sadd, (PEC) is the main pediatric emergency centre in the state of Qatar with approximately 200,000 visits annually. It has a capacity of 42 observation beds providing most of the inpatient facilities except for intensive care monitoring. Patients
Acute lower respiratory infections particulary pneumonia, are the leading cause of childhood morbidity and death in the developing countries such as Bangladesh [3]. Acute respiratory tract infection causes more than 2 million child deaths worldwide each year, mostly from pneumonia and 90% of them
Acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI), particularly pneumonia is the leading cause of childhood morbidity and death in the developing countries including Bangladesh. Acute respiratory infection (ARI) causes more than 2 million child deaths worldwide each year; most of these deaths are due to
Background: The World Health Organizations acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) management algorithms depend primarily on two key clinical signs: elevated respiratory rate and chest indrawing. The current Integrated management of childhood infections (IMCI) algorithm prescribes that children