February 18, 2010 — Editor's note: Pediatric respiratory emergencies result from a variety of causes, including chronic medical conditions, infections, allergic reactions, and obstruction from foreign ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . DENVER — Hypertonic saline provides no additional benefit compared with normal saline for the treatment of ...

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an emergency situation in both children and adults, as it compromises the vital oxygen supply to the body. A new study published in JAMA Network Open ...

Telemedicine provided significant interobserver reliability during clinical assessments of children in respiratory distress compared with face-to-face evaluations, according to recently published ...

Pediatric intensive care units across the world care for large numbers of mechanically ventilated infants and children on a daily basis, yet management of these patients is far from standardized. This ...

When a pediatric patient went into respiratory distress recently, the changes were subtle. His inpatient nurse consulted with a pediatrics intensive care unit nurse, who noticed the patient was using ...

Some infants are more susceptible to potentially life-threatening breathing problems after birth, and rare, inherited DNA differences may explain why, according to new research. Some infants are more ...

Cases of RSV and other respiratory viruses are flooding pediatric emergency rooms in the Las Vegas Valley and filling up hospital pediatric floors, doctors said on Thursday. Both the pediatric ...