Bacterial tracheitis is the most common paediatric airway emergency requiring admission to the regional paediatric intensive care unit in northern Ireland. We reviewed 89 admissions to our unit with ...

Cough associated with acute and chronic respiratory conditions is common in patients of all ages. Levocloperastine is a novel antitussive with a pharmacological profile distinct from that of the ...

The patients studied on the medical wards of the Boston City Hospital had been admitted primarily for treatment of severe liver disease or the complications of alcoholism. One patient was admitted ...

The pharmacokinetic behaviour of levocloperastine observed in animal studies has been confirmed in human studies. The pharmacokinetics of levocloperastine and racemic DL-cloperastine were ...

Lower and upper respiratory infections are the fourth highest cause of global mortality (Lozano et al., 2012). Epidemic and pandemic outbreaks of respiratory infection are a major medical concern, ...

Viral croup often presents similarly to an upper respiratory infection, with 12-72 h of low-grade fever and coryza. Narrowing of the larynx leads to stridor, increased respiratory rate, respiratory ...