A respiratory infection that mainly affects children and causes a barking cough, hoarseness, and breathing difficulties.
Pneumonia is an infection that inflames air sacs, which may fill with fluid, in the lungs. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Surgeries for upper aero-digestive tract are procedures to treat problems that affect such functions as breathing, speaking, and swallowing. Learn more about these procedures.
Cleft lip and cleft palate occur when tissues in the lips and/or the roof of the mouth fail to properly join during fetal development.
Coronavirus is a term describes a family of viruses, common in both animals and humans.
The common cold is probably the most universal illness. It is a viral infection of the upper respiratory tract, which includes the nose and throat area.
Pediatric acute respiratory failure is an emergency. It can be serious, even life-threatening, but most children recover without chronic illness.
Some children are born with or develop irregularities of the skull and/or spine (called craniosynostosis). Some benefit from surgical correction procedures.
ARDS is a potentially fatal form of respiratory failure characterized by low blood oxygen levels. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
There are all sorts of ways to get an infectious disease—from people and animals, to eating contaminated foods, to environmental exposure.