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Article: Upper respiratory tract infections.(RESPIRATORY CLINICAL)
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- FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine
- Article date:
- March 22, 2005
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It remains an interesting aspect of the social life of Respiratory Therapists that we are rarely, if ever, sought out as primary sources of public health information. That being said, I find it worthy of note that our most frequent non-hospital consultation that invites our counsel is on the methods of bearing with, or enduring, the simple Upper Respiratory Tract Infection or URTI. It is not an uncommon scenario to be at a party or social occasion and have a friend or acquaintance inquire as to the treatment and care of the common upper respiratory tract infection. This is not surprising, as upper respiratory tract infections, along with nasal congestion, throat pain and ...