| Autor: |
Desai, Ajaykumar G., Sarthi, Manjunatha, patil, Muganagouda, morabad, Suchetha S., Mathew, Jeeva T. |
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Indian Journal of Basic & Applied Medical Research; Jun2023, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p35-40, 6p |
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Background: Acute lower respiratory tract infections are the leading cause of death in children under five years of age. The aim of this study was to assess the degree of anemia in patients with pneumonia and to correlate the severity of anemia with outcome in patients with pneumonia. Material & Method: Present prospective comparative study was conducted among the Children less than 5 years of age diagnosed as community acquired pneumonia (CAP) admitted in wards and ICUs of hospitals affiliated to JJM Medical College, Davangere. Informed consent was taken from parents of all children to be enrolled in the study with written consent in the language understood by parents. Detailed history and physical examination findings were recorded. Hb level less than 11 g/dl were considered as anaemia in the study. The study group included 80 cases of CAP with anaemia and 80 cases of CAP without anaemia. The data were entered in excel sheet and analysed using SPSS v21.0 operating on windows 10. A p-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Result: A total of 160 participants with comparable mean age and gender between the groups. On assessment of type of anemia, 55% of the patients with microcytic hypochromic anemia, 25% with normocytic normochromic anemia, 13.8% with macrocytic anemia and 6.2% with microcytic normochromic anemia. There was significant lower mean hemoglobin among the patients with mortality compared to the patients recovered. (p<0.05) On correlation of the hemoglobin level with the hospital stay, there was linear inverse relation, patients with lower hemoglobin showed longer hospital stay (r=-0.546, p<0.05). Conclusion: There is a significant association of the magnitude of pneumonia with the presence of anemia. Also, anemia among the patients with pneumonia had higher incidence of requirement of mechanical ventilation, longer hospital stay and higher incidence of mortality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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