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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI)"”.
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A profile of a paediatric population with feeding and swallowing difficulties at a tertiary hospital in the Western Cape
… in South Africa. Preventable conditions such as lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) and under-nutrition may be caused by FSD. FSD are frequently reported in paediatric populations and may occur with various medical co-morbidities. The nature of FSD is however under described and information …
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Assessment of airway compression on chest radiographs in children with pulmonary tuberculosis
… for PTB. However, radiological signs between lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) and PTB overlap considerably and there is a wide inter-observer agreement in the detection of lymphadenopathy, considered the hallmark of PTB. Small pliable paediatric airways are easily compressed by …
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Early determinants of lung function in African infants
Childhood respiratory disease remains a major contributor of morbidity and mortality globally and both paediatric and adult chronic respiratory illness is increasing in prevalence worldwide. This burden of respiratory disease is heaviest in low-middle income countries (LMIC), areas that have a high …
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Temporal interactions of microbiota in longitudinal nasopharyngeal samples and association with lower respiratory tract infection
During aetiology of respiratory illnesses, it is widely accepted that infection is preceded by nasopharyngeal (NP) colonisation with bacteria and that NP flora develop early in childhood (during the first year of life). The presence of multiple NP bacteria results in competitive and synergistic …
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Latent class modelling of respiratory outcomes in a South African birth cohort
… are common. This thesis focuses on two key respiratory outcomes: childhood wheezing and lung function. It examines (1) the underlying heterogeneity of wheezing and lung function measurements through the derivation of latent phenotype classes and (2) the impact of early-life lower respiratory …