The Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on the Emergency Department and Management of the Pediatric Asthmatic Patient.

Introduction: Asthma exacerbation is among the commonest causes for pediatric emergency room visits, and respiratory viruses are frequent triggers of such exacerbations. Few studies have evaluated the consequences of the novel human coronavirus that causes the illness currently known as COVID-19, in the pediatric population.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures on the emergency department in the pediatric asthmatic patient.

Chronic urticaria in children under 15 years of age: Clinical experience beyond the clinical trials.

Background/objectives: The aim of the study was to describe the clinical characteristics, management, and outcome of a series of children with chronic urticaria (CU).

Methods: We retrospectively studied children aged <15 years diagnosed with CU in a tertiary teaching hospital in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, between January 2014 and March 2019. CU was defined as persistence of symptoms of wheals, with or without angioedema, for >6 weeks.

Assessment of portable oxygen concentrators in infants undergoing hypoxic challenge testing. A randomised controlled crossover trial.

Aim: Due to reduced PaO , aircrafts at cruising altitudes are pressurised to a cabin altitude of 2438 m, equivalent to breathing FiO 0.15. Portable oxygen concentrators (POCs) are approved for onboard oxygen supply with lack of evidence, especially in infants.

Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Acute Phase of Bronchiolitis and Its Relation with Episodes of Subsequent Wheezing in Children of Preschool Age.

BACKGROUND: Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) levels are increased in children with asthma and in infants with recurrent wheezing, but the role of FENO in the acute phase of bronchiolitis is still not defined. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to evaluate FENO values in the acute phase of bronchiolitis, compare them with healthy infants, and relate those values with the appearance of other wheezing episodes. METHODS: FENO values were determined in infants between 2 months and 2 years affected with RVS bronchiolitis by offline method.

Utility of the pediatric sleep questionnaire and pulse oximetry as screening tools in pediatric patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

Objective. To assess the screening tools in snoring patients. Material and Methods.