February 18, 2010 — Editor's note: Pediatric respiratory emergencies result from a variety of causes, including chronic medical conditions, infections, allergic reactions, and obstruction from foreign ...

An understanding of the function of the respiratory system and descriptions of disorders that affect the lung date back to antiquity. This historical perspective of the discipline of pediatric ...

A two-year-old boy presents to the GP with breathing difficulty. His Mum reports that he has always had a weak and hoarse voice. He does not have any features of infective airway pathology, for ...