ARI corresponded to the most common group of respiratory diseases of childhood (Silva, Paiva, Silva, & Nascimento, 2012) and caused changes that negatively impacted the respiratory system. Several factors contribute to the increased susceptibility of a child to the development of respiratory problems, including anatomical peculiarities and physiological and immunological characteristics (Matsuno, 2012). Therefore, these respiratory changes contribute to the development of characteristic signs and symptoms of respiratory nursing diagnoses in several clinical spectra.
The clinical amplitude ranges from a mild respiratory impairment to global impairment of respiratory function and induces the need for specific care plans for each condition that, when defined improperly, can compromise the care outcomes. Thus, the aim of this study was to identify which defining characteristics which all allow clinical differentiation of IBP, IAC, and IGE in children with ARI.