LO1-1 Upper and lower respiratory infections
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Course modules
Videos
- Primer On Use Of High Flow Nasal Cannula For Pediatric BronchiolitisThe Center for Medical EducationVideo
- Epiglottitis, Croup, Bronchiolitis - Pediatric Nursing - Respiratory Disorders | @LevelUpRNLevel Up RNVideo
- Pediatrics | Nelson Based Teaching | Acute bronchiolitis | RaaonlineRaaonline.co.inVideo
- Understanding BronchiolitisZero To FinalsVideo
- Bronchiolitis by A. Growdon | OPENPediatricsOPENPediatricsVideo
- Bronchiolitis (causes, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, treatment)Armando HasudunganVideo
- Bronchiolitis - Paediatric Emergencies 2024Paediatric EmergenciesVideo
Guidelines and evidence
- Impact of the francophone pediatric intensive care group bronchiolitis recommendations on diagnostic testing, antibiotic therapy and patient prognosis.Archives de Pédiatrie (Société française de pédiatrie) – study of GFRUP guidelines, 2026Guideline or evidence
- High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy for children with bronchiolitis: Implementation of a national guideline.Acta Paediatrica, 2025Guideline or evidence
- Bronchiolitis in children: diagnosis and management (NICE guideline NG9)NICE, 2021Guideline or evidence
- Oxygen therapy for acute respiratory infections in young children in developing countriesWorld Health Organization, 1993Guideline or evidence
- Guideline on management of pneumonia and diarrhoea in children up to 10 years of ageWorld Health Organization, 2024Guideline or evidence
- 1142. Implementation and Impact of a Tracheitis Diagnosis and Management Guideline in a Pediatric Intensive Care UnitOpen Forum Infectious Diseases (IDWeek abstract), 2019Guideline or evidence
- Risk Factors for Poor Outcomes in Children Hospitalized With Virus-associated Acute Lower Respiratory Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2024Guideline or evidence
- COVID-19 PICU guidelines: for high- and limited-resource settings.International PICU COVID-19 Collaboration (Pediatric Research), 2020Guideline or evidence
- SEVERE PERTUSSIS IN CHILDHOOD: UPDATE AND CONTROVERSY - SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.Revista Paulista de Pediatria (Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo), 2019Guideline or evidence
- Randomized control study of nebulized colistin as an adjunctive therapy in ventilator-associated pneumonia in pediatric postoperative cardiac surgical population.Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2022Guideline or evidence
- Management of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Caused by Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter Organisms in a Pediatric Center: A Randomized Controlled Study.Medicina (Kaunas), 2024Guideline or evidence
- Pertussis infection in critically ill infants: meta-analysis and validation of a mortality score.Critical Care (London, England), 2025Guideline or evidence
- Expert consensus on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infections in children.World Journal of Pediatrics (multidisciplinary expert consensus group), 2024Guideline or evidence
- UPDATE - 2022 Italian guidelines on the management of bronchiolitis in infants.Italian Society of Pediatrics (Italian Journal of Pediatrics), 2023Guideline or evidence
- Inter-society consensus document on treatment and prevention of bronchiolitis in newborns and infants.Italian inter-society panel (Italian Journal of Pediatrics), 2014Guideline or evidence
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of common respiratory viruses in children < 2 years with bronchiolitis in the pre-COVID-19 pandemic era.PLoS One, 2020Guideline or evidence
- Efficacy and safety of high flow nasal oxygen for children with bronchiolitis: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 2021Guideline or evidence
- SABRE: a multicentre randomised control trial of nebulised hypertonic saline in infants hospitalised with acute bronchiolitis.Thorax (SABRE trial investigators, UK), 2014Guideline or evidence
- Oxygen saturation targets in infants with bronchiolitis (BIDS): a double-blind, randomised, equivalence trial.Lancet (BIDS trial, NIHR HTA), 2015Guideline or evidence
- The role of viral co-infections in the severity of acute respiratory infections among children infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV): A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of Global Health, 2020Guideline or evidence
- Monoclonal Antibody for the Prevention of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Infants and Children: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis.JAMA Network Open, 2023Guideline or evidence
- Randomised controlled trial of oxygen therapy and high-flow nasal therapy in African children with pneumonia.Intensive Care Medicine (COAST trial investigators), 2021Guideline or evidence