Paediatric Update: Upper Respiratory Infections

  • SAFPJ Editor SA Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care

Abstract

Upper respiratory infections (URTIs) are very common in young children, so common in fact that a child may have as many as l0 infections between his first and second birthdays. These infections are more frequent in children at creches, and recurrent URTIs often coincide with a child starting at a creche.
Issue
Vol 14 No 3 (1993)
Section
Review Articles
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