The clinical, paraclinical characteristics and factors related to pneumonia at children from 1 to 60 months
- Author:
To Van Hai
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
pneumonia, children
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Pneumonia;
Child
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2004;298(5):56-64
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
151 pediatric patients of 1-60 month age with bronchitis pneumonia at Hanoi Thanh Nhan Hospital were enrolled into study from November 2001 to September 2002. Most of patients were suffering from cough, fever,dyspnoea,mental disorder, digestive disorder, rale murmure, increase of neutrophile, bacteria positive culture in 29,14% of cases. Common bacteria were H.influenza- 39,58%, S.pneumonia – 35,42%, S. pyogenes -14,58%, S. aureus – 6,25%. In male the incidence was 63,58%, higher considerably than in female and the incidence increased progressively with age. In rural population, the incidence (31,86) was higher than in urban (25,39%). Pneumonia which associated with other pathology accounted for 81,46%, usually upper respiratory tract – 80,82%, malnourished – 36,92%, diarrhoea – 12,05%; and other conditions such as congenital defect, rickets, varicella, erythema...
