Open AccessTreatment of acute upper respiratory tract infections in children
Author(s) -
N Roncević,
Jelena Popadić,
Aleksandra Stojadinović
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0210397r
Subject(s) - medicine , respiratory tract infections , antimicrobial , etiology , intensive care medicine , respiratory tract , drug , respiratory system , mycoplasma , antibiotics , pharmacotherapy , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , pharmacology , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , optics , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics
Acute respiratory tract infections are the most common diseases of childhood. A preschool child suffers up to 5-7 infections of upper airways during a year. Upper airway infections make 80-90% of all respiratory infections.