Acute respiratory infections in children

Cuevas, Luis E.

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“…Acute respiratory infection is one of the 5 main causes of death in children under 5 years of age in developing countries. 1 About 40% of children needing medical attention suffer from acute respiratory infection 2 , where community-acquired pneumonia is the most severe, causing 80% of deaths 3,4 . In Brazil, acute lung diseases are responsible for 11% of deaths in children under 1 year old and 13% in the age group between 1 and 4 years 5 .…”

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Distribuição espacial das taxas de internação de crianças por pneumonia no Sistema Único de Saúde, nos municípios do estado de São Paulo

Menezes

Pavanitto

Nascimento

2019

Rev. bras. epidemiol.

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RESUMO: Objetivo: Identificar padrões espaciais na distribuição das taxas de internação de crianças por pneumonia no estado de São Paulo, no período de 2009 a 2013. Métodos : Estudo ecológico exploratório com dados obtidos do Departamento de Informática do Sistema Único de Saúde (DATASUS) de internações por pneumonia em crianças relativas aos municípios do estado de São Paulo de 2009 a 2013, dados de escolaridade materna e renda familiar; e foram criadas taxas por mil crianças e inseridas numa base digital de municípios obtida do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Foram construídos mapas temáticos, de Kernel e de Moran para as taxas de internação e calculados os índices de Moran. Foi utilizado o programa TerraView para a análise espacial. Resultados : Foram internadas 43.809 crianças no período. A taxa média por município foi de 11,51 (DP = 8,62). O índice de Moran foi de 0,21 (p = 0,01). Há aglomerados nas regiões norte, noroeste, centro-oeste e sudoeste; o mapa de Kernel mostra densidade maior de taxas no noroeste e centro-oeste do estado; e o mapa de Moran identificou 39 municípios que merecem atenção por parte dos gestores municipais e regionais. Conclusões : O geoprocessamento permitiu identificar regiões com maiores taxas de internação por pneumonia e também municípios que merecem prioridade de intervenção.

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Distribuição espacial das taxas de internação de crianças por pneumonia no Sistema Único de Saúde, nos municípios do estado de São Paulo

Menezes

Pavanitto

Nascimento

2019

Rev. bras. epidemiol.

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Serum zinc levels in children with acute respiratory infections: Association with sociodemography and nutritional status

Islam

Kamal

Rahmatullah³

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Clinical Nutrition Experimental

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mother p ¼ 0.01), occupation (of father p ¼ 0.001), monthly income (p ¼ 0.001) and children sex (p ¼ 0.001). Nutritional status (stunting and wasting) was also associated (p ¼ 0.001) with the prevalence of acute respiratory infections. Serum zinc values varied with corresponding sociodemograpic, nutritional and health care profile, but it were insignificant, except for occupation (of father p ¼ 0.01). However, it was found that serum zinc level was low in the children with acute respiratory infections of illiterate and ricshawpuller fathers and in those who were living in tinshed or kacha bamboo made house. Conclusion: Serum zinc level was low in the ARI-children. Low sociodemographic factors, poor nutritional status and male children were prevalently associated with higher incidence of acute respiratory infections.

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Acute respiratory infection and its associated factors among children under-five years attending pediatrics ward at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: institution-based cross-sectional study

Andualem

Taddese

2020

BMC Pediatr

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Background: Acute respiratory infection is manifested by cough accompanied by short rapid breathing which may be associated with death especially when there are other co-morbidities. From an estimated 5.4 million children under -five years that died in 2017-roughly half of those deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa and acute respiratory infection contributed to the highest number of deaths. The current study aimed at evaluating the prevalence of, and risk factors associated with, acute respiratory infection hospitalization in under-five years children hospitalized at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital. Method: An institution-based cross-sectional study was carried out from May 01/2019 to July 10/2019. After the selection of participants using simple random sampling, face to face interview was performed using a semistructured pre-tested questionnaire. Data were also extracted from medical registration charts. We used EPI Info 7 for data entry and exported into SPSS 21 for analysis. Results were presented by simple frequency, percentage and mean for descriptive variables. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to test the association of covariates and outcome variable. Variables with a p < 0.2 during the bivariable binary logistic regression analysis were included in the multivariable logistic regression analysis. Variables with p < 0.05 were considered as significantly associated with acute respiratory infection. This study is reported following the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology guideline. (Continued on next page)Results: Four hundred and twenty-two under-five years' children attending the Pediatrics ward were included in this study. The prevalence of acute respiratory infection among under-five years' children in this study was 27.3%. Children aged below 12 months (AOR:3.39, 95% CI: 1. 19, 9.65), maternal age of 16 to 27 years (AOR: 1.95, 95% CI: 1.03, 3.70), maternal age of 28 to 33 years (AOR: 2.73, 95% CI: 1.40, 5.34), lack of maternal awareness of handwashing (AOR: 2.79, 95% CI: 1.15, 6.76), rural residence (AOR:2.27, 95% CI: 1.18, 4.39), and lack of meningitis (AOR: 0.22, 95% CI: 0.08, 0.55), were significantly associated with acute respiratory infection. Conclusion: Acute respiratory infection was common among children under-five years. Child and maternal age, residence and maternal hand hygiene information were significant factors identified to be associated with an acute respiratory infection.

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Acute respiratory infections in children

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Distribuição espacial das taxas de internação de crianças por pneumonia no Sistema Único de Saúde, nos municípios do estado de São Paulo

Distribuição espacial das taxas de internação de crianças por pneumonia no Sistema Único de Saúde, nos municípios do estado de São Paulo

Serum zinc levels in children with acute respiratory infections: Association with sociodemography and nutritional status

Acute respiratory infection and its associated factors among children under-five years attending pediatrics ward at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: institution-based cross-sectional study

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