RT Book, Section
A1 Honegger, Robert
A1 Brady, Michael T.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7023772
T1 Chapter 241. Viral Respiratory Infections Including Influenza
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7023772
RD 2024/04/25
AB Infants  and  preschool  children  experience  6  to  10  respiratory  illnesses  per  year,  and  school-age  children  and  adolescents  experience  3  to  5  illnesses  annually.1  Respiratory  infections  are  predominantly  viral  infections  that  are  classified  into  (1)  upper  respiratory  tract  infection  (URI),  meaning  the  common  cold,  rhinitis,  pharyngitis,  otitis  media,  and  conjunctivitis,  and  (2)  lower  respiratory  tract  infection  (LRI),  namely  croup,  laryngitis,  tracheobronchitis,  bronchiolitis,  and  pneumonia.  This  section  will  focus  primarily  on  LRIs  occurring  in  children  with  viral  infections  including  those  associated  with  characteristic  lower  respiratory  infection  presentations,  eg,  respiratory  syncytial  virus  as  the  primary  cause  of  bronchiolitis,  parainfluenza  as  the  primary  cause  of  croup,  and  influenza  as  a  primary  cause  of  febrile  tracheobronchitis.