Foreign body ingestion in children: Clinical features and complications.

Introduction: The ingestion of foreign body (FB) is a common problem in paediatrics. Children are curious by nature and tend to explore environment by inserting objects into their mouths.

Aim: To update our epidemiological and clinical data and adapt clinical management in order to limit morbidity associated with this fairly frequent accidental pathology.

Knowledge and perception of asthma among parents of children with asthma.

Introduction: Parents' knowledge is an integral part of healthcare quality, impacting treatment adherence, patient loyalty and healthcare utilisation in pediatric asthma. Parental knowledge is particularly crucial as parents influence decision-making for their child's healthcare.

Aim: To assess parents' knowledge and perceptions of their children's asthma and to identify areas for weakness in therapeutic education.

A gain-of-function mutation in zinc cluster transcription factor Rob1 drives Candida albicans adaptive growth in the cystic fibrosis lung environment.

Candida albicans chronically colonizes the respiratory tract of patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). It competes with CF-associated pathogens (e.g.

Congenital surfactant protein B (SP-B) deficiency: a case report.

The incapacity to synthesize certain components of pulmonary surfactant causes a heterogeneous group of rare respiratory diseases called genetic disorders of surfactant dysfunction. We report a female full-term infant with neonatal respiratory distress of early onset due to inherited SP-B deficiency. The infant failed oxygen weaning at multiple trials.

Spontaneous intrapleural rupture of mediastinal teratoma in child.

Introduction: Mediastinal teratomas are rare in children. Nevertheless, they represent the most frequent mediastinal germ cell tumor. Most often, they are discovered incidentally in older children or adolescents on chest X-ray.

A case report of inherited surfactant protein deficiency: unknown cause of diffuse infiltrative diseases in Tunisia.

Introduction: Children's Interstitial Lung Diseases (cHILD) are a heterogeneous group of rare respiratory diseases. Their common characteristics are gas exchange abnormalities and diffuse pulmonary infiltrates on chest imaging. This group includes inherited surfactant protein deficiency (ISPD), a little-known etiology in Tunisia.

Impact of illness on mothers of children with cystic fibrosis in Tunisia: A qualitative interview study: Impact of cystic fibrosis on Tunisian mothers.

Background: Caring for a child with cystic fibrosis (CF) is challenging and stressful and even more so in a country with limited resources. Our aim was to study the impact of CF on the daily life of mothers with children who have CF in Tunisia, emphasizing the difficulties encountered.

Methods: Overall, 20 participants were interviewed about their experiences of being caregivers and mothers of children with CF, including their knowledge about the condition, their attitude toward it, the impact of CF on their daily lives, the main difficulties they had faced, and their concerns and wishes about CF management.

Acute bronchiolitis management in Tunisia: Impact of the national guidelines.

Background: Acute bronchiolitis management involves all pediatricians and primary care physicians. The national guidelines for bronchiolitis diagnosis and treatment were published in Tunisia to reduce excessive use of diagnostic tests and unify bronchiolitis management.

Objectives: We aimed to assess the real impact of the national guidelines on acute bronchiolitis management in Tunisia.

Preliminary national report on cystic fibrosis epidemiology in Tunisia: the actual state of affairs.

Aim: To establish a preliminary national report on clinical and genetic features of cystic fibrosis (CF) in Tunisian children as a first measure for a better health care organization.

Methods: All children with CF diagnosed by positive sweat tests between 1996 and 2015 in children's departments of Tunisian university hospitals were included. Data was recorded at diagnosis and during the follow-up from patients' medical records.

ABO hemolytic disease of newborn : Does newborn's blood group a risk factor?

Background: Due to the marked decline of maternal-fetal rhesus incompatibility, ABO alloimmunization has become the leading cause of the newborn hemolytic disease. It is estimated that 15-25 % of all pregnancies are concerned by ABO incompatibility.

Aim: Neonatal blood group B seems to be more predisposing to acute hemolysis and severe hyperbilirubinemia.

Cystic fibrosis in Tunisian children: a review of 32 children.

Background: Cystic fibrosis is rare in Tunisia. Its diagnosis requires experienced specialists. Its prognosis is poor in developing countries.

Association of M470V polymorphism of CFTR gene with variability of clinical expression of asthma: Case-report study.

Introduction And Objectives: Asthma is a complex genetic disorder. Several genes have been found associated with asthma. The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene is one of them.

Community-acquired pleuropneumonia in children: Bacteriological and therapeutic challenges.

Background Community-acquired pleuropneumonia (CPP) is a common complication of pneumonia in children. It is serious given its high morbidity and significant mortality. Aim To study clinical and paraclinical features of CPP in children and to establish a common therapeutic strategy.

Flexible bronchoscopy contribution in the approach of diagnosis and treatment of children's respiratory diseases: the experience of a unique pediatric unit in Tunisia.

Objective: Our study aimed at assessing the role of flexible bronchoscopy (FB) in improving diagnosis and management of children's respiratory conditions in the pediatric unit of FB, newly created and unique in Tunisia.

Methods: Retrospective study including all the FB achieved in our pediatric unit from 2009 to 2014.

Results: We performed 365 FB in 333 patients aged 46 months on average (1 month - 15 years), often under conscious anesthesia (81.