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CLINICAL AND SUBCLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AMONG CHILDREN WITH RECURRENT PNEUMONIA AT VINH PHUC GENERAL HOSPITAL
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CLINICAL AND SUBCLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AMONG CHILDREN WITH RECURRENT PNEUMONIA AT VINH PHUC GENERAL HOSPITAL

X H. N. T., Jan-2025, In: TNU Journal of Science and Technology, 230, 5, p. 101-105

Overview

Abstract:

We aimed to describe the clinical and subclinical characteristics among children with recurrent pneumonia at Vinh Phuc General Hospital. Our study included 166 patients aged 2 months to 5 years old with recurrent pneumonia between 1st August 2023 to 31st July 2024. Among 166 children with recurrent pneumonia, the majority were males (57.8%), ratio of male/female: 1.37:1. The age of advanced recurrent pneumonia children were 13-60 months (64.3%). Children with recurrent pneumonia ≤ 3 reinfection episodes account for 80.7%. The average number of reinfection episodes with pneumonia was 2.82±0.96 episodes. The most common symptoms of recurrent pneumonia in the group of children 2-≤12 months old were fever, cough, upper respiratory tract inflammation, pulmonary rales (100%), and wheezing (93.2%), chest indrawing (27.1%), breathing disorders (6.8%). There were also rales in the lungs, fever, cough (100%), respiratory infections (99.1%), wheezing (84.1%), chest indrawing (15.0%) in children 13-60 months. The chest x-ray lung abnormalities will either present as areas of decreased density as nodules or masses (77.7%), increased density (6.6%). The viruses associated with recurrent pneumonia in children were RSV (12.3%), influenza A (2.0%) and Mycoplasma (1.5%). The majority of children aged 2 months to 5 years with recurrent pneumonia had an upper respiratory tract infection syndrome, cough, wheezing, lung rales, and chest X-ray with nodular lesions.

Keyword(s): Recurrent pneumonia Pneumonia Children Clinical Subclinical

Pages (from-to) 101-105
Journal TNU Journal of Science and Technology
Volume 230
Issue number 5
Publication status Published - Jan-2025
ISBN 1859-2171