Pattern of Pediatric Morbidity in Hospital Admitted Patients in Western Region of Nepal

Adhikari, Prabhat; Kandel, Dipendra; Shrestha, Umesh

doi:10.3126/jgmcn.v11i1.20798

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“…4 This gender distribution is also similar to the study done in Lumbini zonal hospital pediatric inpatients in which out of 977 admitted children, 579(59%) were males and 398(41%) 3 females. 7 Majority of patients in this study falls on age group 1-5 years (35.5%), similar findings was observed in studies in other part of Nepal.…”

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Pneumonia a major pediatric disease admitted from emergency department of Patan Hospital

Shrestha¹

2018

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Introduction: In Nepal, annual incidence of pneumonia in under- five years children is 90/1000. So, this study is done to see thepediatric admission from emergency with the diagnosis of pneumonia in comparison to other admitting diagnosis. Method: This is a hospital based retrospective and descriptive study seeing the pediatric admission through emergency from April 2017 to March 2018. This study was conducted at department of general practice and emergency medicine department of Patan Academy of Health Sciences. Result: During one year period 39349 patients had visited emergency department and among them 5951(15%) got admission in different wards of this hospital and among all admitted patients, 887 got admitted to pediatric department, which is 2.2% of the total patients visiting emergency and 14.9% of admitted patients. Respiratory problem was the most common cause of admission 257(28.9%) amongst all pediatric admission Conclusion: Pneumonia was the most common cause of hospital admission in this study.

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Pneumonia a major pediatric disease admitted from emergency department of Patan Hospital

Shrestha¹

2018

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“…This finding is in agreement with other studies done in community and hospital. 9,10 This was higher than the prevalence of 2.4% in NDHS 2016. 1 The same study states that 34% of children with symptoms of ARI sought treatment or advice from pharmacies which points towards the possibility of cases being under reported.…”

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Acute Respiratory Infections among Under-five Children Admitted in a Tertiary Hospital of Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

2022

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Introduction: Acute respiratory infection is a major cause of mortality and morbidity among under-five children in developing countries. Children under five years of age are most vulnerable to various common but treatable conditions. The objective of this study is to find the prevalence of acute respiratory infections among under-five hospitalized children in a tertiary hospital of central Nepal. Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in a tertiary hospital of Nepal from January 2018 to December 2019. Ethical approval was taken from the Institutional review committee (Reference No: 2020-073). Convenience sampling technique was used. Data was entered in the Microsoft excel sheet, then extracted and analyzed in the Statistical package of Social Sciences version 20. Point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and percentage and presented in tables and figures. Results: Among 660 children in our study, the prevalence of acute respiratory infection among hospitalized under-five children was 242 (36.67%) (32.99-40.34 at 95% Confidence Interval). Fever and cough were the most common presenting complaints among these children seen in 196 (81%) and 185 (76%) respectively. Stunting and wasting were seen in 37 (15%) and 26 (10.7%) of these children with acute respiratory infection while 6 (2.5%) of them were found overweight. Conclusions: Acute respiratory infection is the most common reason for hospital admission among children under five years of age and the prevalence was high as compared to the standard study. The chief complaints are fever and cough.

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Pattern of Pediatric Morbidity in Hospital Admitted Patients in Western Region of Nepal

Cited by 2 publications

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Pneumonia a major pediatric disease admitted from emergency department of Patan Hospital

Pneumonia a major pediatric disease admitted from emergency department of Patan Hospital

Acute Respiratory Infections among Under-five Children Admitted in a Tertiary Hospital of Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

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