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Resveratrol plus carboxymethyl-β-glucan in children with recurrent respiratory infections: a preliminary and real-life experience

Overview of attention for article published in Italian Journal of Pediatrics, November 2014
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Title
Resveratrol plus carboxymethyl-β-glucan in children with recurrent respiratory infections: a preliminary and real-life experience
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Italian Journal of Pediatrics, November 2014
DOI 10.1186/s13052-014-0093-3
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Alfonso Maria Varricchio, Michele Capasso, Antonio della Volpe, Luigi Malafronte, Nicola Mansi, Attilio Varricchio, Giorgio Ciprandi

Abstract

BackgroundRecurrent respiratory infections (RRI), such as the presence of at least one of the following criteria: i) >6 RI per year; ii) >1 RI per month involving upper airways from September to April; iii) >3 RI involving lower airways, constitute a social problem for both their pharmaco-economic impact and the burden for the family. However, several treatment have been proposed with controversial results.ObjectiveAs resveratrol plus carboxymethyl-ß-glucan is presently available as solution for aerosol, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of this compound, compared to saline solution, whether it is able to prevent RRI in children.DesignThe study was designed as real-life, randomized. Globally, 82 children (49 males, mean age 8.1¿±¿2.6 years) with acute rhinopharyngitis and RRI were enrolled. Resveratrol plus carboxymethyl-ß-glucan or saline isotonic solution was randomly (ratio 1:1) administered immediately after an anti-infective and anti-inflammatory 10-day treatment (tiamphenicol associated with acetylcisteine plus beclomethasone dipropionate) for the acute rhinopharyngitis. Investigated treatments lasted 20 days. Days with respiratory symptoms, fever, medication use, medical visits, and school absences were evaluated. Children were visited 30, 60, and 90 days after starting treatments.ResultsThe active compound was able to significantly reduce the number of days with nasal obstruction (p¿<¿0.001), rhinorrhea (p¿<¿0.001), sneezing (p¿<¿0.001), cough (p¿=¿0.002), fever (p¿<¿0.001), medication use (p¿<¿0.001), medical visits (p¿<¿0.001), and school absence (p¿<¿0.001).ConclusionsThis preliminary and real-life study could suggest that an aerosolized solution containing resveratrol plus carboxymethyl-ß-glucan might exert preventive effects in children with RRI.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Australia 1 2%
Unknown 56 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 11 19%
Student > Master 7 12%
Researcher 6 11%
Other 5 9%
Student > Postgraduate 4 7%
Other 9 16%
Unknown 15 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 16 28%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 5 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 4%
Other 8 14%
Unknown 20 35%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 September 2018.
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#7,778,510
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#292
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#99,623
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Outputs of similar age from Italian Journal of Pediatrics
#7
of 22 outputs
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