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The second edition of the textbook provides the main updated methods of diagnosis, leading symptoms and syndromes in children with diseases of the respiratory system. It highlights modern views on the etiology, pathogenetic mechanisms of development, clinical picture, features of the course, diagnosis and principles of treatment of developmental defects, hereditary, infectious and interstitial respiratory diseases, bronchial asthma and lung lesions in case of systemic diseases.

The manual was prepared based on modern recommendations and protocols for diagnosis and treatment of well-known world medical societies and associations: The European Respiratory Society, the European Society of Cardiology, the American Academy of Paediatrics, the European Resuscitation Council, the European Paediatric Society for Vascular Pulmonary Diseases, and the Global Asthma Initiative. Some of the material is published in Ukraine for the first time. Certain symptoms and syndromes of rare diseases often lead to diagnostic errors, so the information provided in the manual is especially valuable for practitioners.

For students and interns of medical institutions of higher education, paediatricians, paediatric pulmonologists, intensive care physicians and general practitioners.