Introducción: Con el objetivo de mejorar la calidad de la atención hospitalaria de los niños que ingresan por infección respiratoria aguda baja al Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell, se aplicó entre mayo y setiembre de 1999 una estrategia que se denominó Plan de Invierno. Objetivo: Evaluar el impa...
CONTEXT: It has been demonstrated that children exposed to parents who smoke have more respiratory infections and asthma. OBJECTIVE: To study the association of both respiratory infections and asthma attacks with atopy, passive smoking and time spent daily at school, among children aged 4 to 9 years old ...
Introduction: Respiratory tract infections caused by Adenovirus (ADV) can lead to long term lung sequelae. In our media it is the most frequent cause of chronic lung disease in children. High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) can characterize the anatomic alterations of this disease. Functional impai...