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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To disclose the etiological factors and to investigate the therapeutical effect on nasal disorders in 128 children with intractable cough.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One hundred and twenty-eight children with intractable cough were consulted by ENT doctors using electronic nasopharyngoscope, for those children with nasal diseases, relevant treatment was given.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Among 128 children, one hundred and sixteen had nasal disorders. Upper airway cough syndrome (UACS) was diagnosed in 92 cases (71.9%), nasal disorders without UACS was diagnosed in 24 cases (18.7%), no nasal disorders were found in 12 cases (9.4%). Among children with UACS, allergic rhinitis was diagnosed in 76 cases, rhino-sinusitis in 39 cases, adenoid hypertrophy in 54 cases, and chronic rhinitis in 8 cases. However, for those children without UACS, 10 cases had chronic rhinitis and 14 cases had allergic rhinitis. Clinical symptoms, signs and the findings of electronic nasopharyngoscope were analyzed in 92 children with UACS. The results showed that regular cough occurred in 62 cases, nasal disease in 65 cases, subjective feeling of postnasal discharge in 18 cases, mouth breathing or snoring in 32 cases, purulent secretion in nasal meatus in 61 cases, retropharyngeal folliculosis in 58 cases, purulent secretion in pharynges detected from pharynx in 41 cases, and purulent or viscosity secretion were found in 91 cases by first electronic nasopharyngoscopy. After 14 days of treatment, the children with UACS (90/92) had significant higher remission rate (chi² = 32.21, P = 0.000) in cough than those who had nasal disorders but without UACS (13/24).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The nasal disorders, especially for UACS, were common in children with intractable cough. The therapy to nasal disorders could release the chronic cough symptoms in children with intractable cough.</p>
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Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Male , Chronic Disease , Cough , Rhinitis , TherapeuticsABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To analyze clinical features of pediatric rhino-source diseases for reducing missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Data of 3588 children with rhino-source diseases seen from April 2005 to May 2006 were retrospectively analyzed in this study in order to disclose the relationship of etiological factor, clinical features and diagnosis.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Among all these cases, 2090 complained of nasal discomfort including nasal obstruction, discharge, rhinalgia and epistaxis. However 1498 cases (41.76%) did not, of whom 470 cases had snoring and apnea, 332 cases of otalgia and otorrhea, 145 cases had chronic cough, 138 had headache and 92 had lower respiratory infection.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>A high percentage of children who suffered from pediatric rhino-source disease did not develop nasal symptoms. Pediatric rhino-source disease should be considered for patients in whom the therapeutic effect is unexpectedly poor.</p>
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Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Nose Diseases , Diagnosis , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
@#ObjectiveTo investigate the ideal surgical period of children with tongue-tie.MethodsThe data of 517 children with tongue-tie treated by simply clipped surgery or horizontal-to-vertical plasty were analyzed retrospectively to evaluate the effect of operation and the level of phonologic prognosis.ResultsThe sex ratio was approximately 10∶4 (male∶female) in all groups. Two cases occurred postoperative hemorrhage. The follow-up compliance was better in children <1 year old, but higher levels of noncompliance occurred in children >1 years old. One year after surgical treatment, there were no phonologic disorders caused by tongue motion in children <1 year old, but the levels of phonologic prognosis in children >1 years old were better, moderate, and insignificant respectively.ConclusionThe ideal surgical period of children with tongue-tie is age of 6～12 months.