تلخیص
Aim and objective: To determine the frequency of measles
complications among children presenting in tertiary care unit.
Patients and methods: It was a prospective observational study
conducted in isolation ward of department of Pediatric Medicine, The
Children’s Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Lahore, from May 2012
to October 2012. A total 110 patients were included in the study
between 6 months to 12 years. After an informed consent a
predesigned Proforma was filled for each patient by the investigator,
which included a detailed history and clinical examination. All patients
were managed for their complications. All the data entered in SPSSversion 16 and results were analyzed in percentages.
Results: Among 110 patients diagnosed with measles, complications
were seen in 90 children (81.8%). There were 48 (43.6%) males and 62
(56.4%) female children. In this study, majority of the patients (64
(58.2%) were in the age group of 9 months to 5 years. Amongst all
patients, 61 (55.5%) were malnourished and 18 (16.3%) were severely
malnourished. The most frequent complication among patients was
pneumonia 53 (48.2%) followed by encephalitis 16 (14.5%), acute
watery diarrhea 14 (12.7%), otitis media 4 (3.6%) and febrile fits 3 (2.7%).
In 20 patients (18.2%), no complication was observed.
Conclusion: Amongst children who presented with measles,
pneumonia was the commonest complication observed and was seen
in under nourished children. So, by improving the nutritional status of
the children and extensive vaccine coverage, this disease can be
easily eradicated or reduced and thereby decreasing the morbidity
and mortality in children due to complications of disease.
Afsheen Batool Raza, Iqbal Bano, Farrah Naz,, Tahseen Fatima. (2016) Frequency of Measles Complications among Children Presenting in Tertiary Care Unit, Pakistan Pediatric Journal, Volume 40, Issue 1.
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