ObjectiveTo evaluate retrospectively the relationship between meteorological factors in Shenmu County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, China and the incidence of lower respiratory tract infections in children.MethodsMeteorological data (air temperature, atmospheric pressure, rainfall, hours of sunlight, wind speed and relative humidity) for Shenmu County and medical data from hospitalized patients aged ≤16 years were collected between January 2009 and December 2012. The association between meteorological factors and rate of hospitalization due to lower respiratory tract infections was investigated; the total hospitalization rate was compared with the rate of lower respiratory tract disease-related hospitalizations.ResultsThe leading bacterial causes of lower respiratory tract infections were Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type B; the main viral cause was respiratory syncytial virus. Lower respiratory tract infection hospitalization rate was significantly correlated with air temperature (R = −0.651), atmospheric pressure (R = 0.560), rainfall (R = −0.614) and relative humidity (R = −0.470), but not with hours of sunlight (R = −0.210) or wind speed (R = 0.258). Using multiple linear regression, lower respiratory tract infection hospitalization rate decreased with a gradual increase in air temperature (F = 38.30) and relative humidity (F = 15.58).ConclusionAir temperature and relative humidity were major influencing meteorological factors for hospital admissions in children due to lower respiratory tract infections.
Introduction: Considering the present situation of disease spectrum changes, it is very important to understand the changes of disease in primary settings, to find out the feature of disease area, to direct the decision making so as to allocate the medical resources accordingly. The objectives of this study were to understand the changing trends in disease spectrum and mortality rate of children hospitalised in the department of paediatrics in Shenmu hospital, and to provide scientific basis for the future medical care and prevention of childhood diseases.Material and Methods: A retrospective statistical analysis was done using the data regarding hospitalization of children in Shenmu County. The study lasted fifteen years, from January 1998 to December, 2012.Results: A total of 23,448 children were hospitalized below the age of 14. Majority of the patients were younger than three years old constituting 78.8% (which included age 1 month~1 year 57.2%). The average number of days of hospitalization was 6~8 days, with a median time of six days. The leading cause of hospitalization was respiratory disease. Other major illnesses causing hospitalization included: infectious diseases, digestive tract diseases, neonatal diseases and nervous system diseases. A total of 144 children died during this period. The top three causes of death were: asphyxia, premature birth and neonatal respiratory distress syndrome.Conclusion: The changing trends in paediatric disease hospitalisations and mortality rate over the 15 years are significant for clinicians so as to prevent and minimise such diseases by appropriate preventive and therapeutic options to contain them.J Nepal Paediatr Soc 2016;36(1):19-23
Introduction: Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is the most common respiratory complication occurring in preterm newborns due to deficiency of endogenous pulmonary surfactant. Ambroxol, is a promoter of fetal lung maturity and indicated as secretolytic therapy in bronchopulmonary diseases. Klebsiella ozaenae, whose antibiotic susceptibility data is limited, is associated with ozena; a primary atrophic rhinitis (AR), RTIs, cerebral abscess, meningitis, UTIs, and is one of the leading cause of (ICU) acquired pneumonia. This case study reports the use of post-natal intravenous amroxol to treat RDS, and use of cefoperazone sulbactam to treat Klebsiella ozaenae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Case Presentation: A Chinese preterm, extremely low birth weight female (birth weight was 750 grams) was delivered by emergency caesarian section to a pregnancy-induced hypertensive G2P2 mother at 27 weeks' gestational age and was admitted in the pediatric ward because of severe dyspnoea with grunting respiration, tachypnoea, cyanosis and crackles in the lung fields. A working diagnosis of RDS was made and she was placed in incubator and neonatal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) was applied immediately. She was managed with ambroxol for RDS and cefoperazone sulbactam for Klebsiella ozaenae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria and was successfully treated by 3 days' intravenous gamma globulin therapy and 10 days' antibiotics administration. On 67th day of hospitalization, baby was discharged with a body weight of more than 2100 grams. Conclusions: The early application of NCPAP and ambroxol reduced the severity of this disease in preterm neonate and improved the clinical course of RDS. The combination of cefoperazone and sulbactam is effective against both of K. ozaenae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria.
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