THE PRACTICAL UTILITY OF NITRIC OXIDE MEASUREMENT IN EXHALED AIR. EXPERIENCE OF THE PEDIATRICS DEPARTMENT OF THE FILANTROPIA MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL CRAIOVA

Dosage of nitric oxide, a relatively new biomarker, is a non-invasive method, increasingly accessible to clinicians, used mainly in the field of pneumology, for the purpose of monitoring the respiratory tract inflammation. The goal of this paper is to present the experience of the Pediatric Department of the Filantropia Municipal Hospital in Craiova relating to nitric oxide dosing and asthma pathology, the result of the 10 years of experience with the portable exhaled air analyzer. We selected three of our most important researches, presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congresses

CHALLENGES IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF PEDIATRIC PNEUMONIA

Pneumonia is a form of acute respiratory infection that affects the lungs and it is the leading cause of illness and death in children worldwide. Pneumonia can occur at any age, but it is more common in younger children. The etiology of pneumonia is often difficult to identify and the diagnostic criteria is based on corroborating epidemiological, clinical, laboratory and radiologic investigations. The authors present three cases diagnosed with pneumonia at different ages, underlying the clinical, imagistic and evolutive particularities