Dysphonia in Children; Clinical Profile, Conservative Treatment Modalities and Outcomes: An Institutional Experience.

Dysphonia in children represents broad-spectrum voice problems. Global prevalence of hoarseness in school-aged children is 6-23%. It impairs communication of child, thus affects social life.

Performance & clinical utility of oropharyngeal versus nasopharyngeal swabs in COVID-19.

Background & Objectives: The oropharyngeal (OP) and nasopharyngeal (NP) swab samples are the most recommended clinical specimens for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in an individual through the quantitative real-time reverse-transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) method. The primary objective of this study was to compare the performance of NP and OP swabs for the diagnosis of COVID-19 among 2250 concomitant samples (1125 NP + 1125 OP) using rRT-PCR test.

Methods: This study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital in southern India.