Magnitude and associated factors of acute post streptococcal glomerulonepheritis among pediatric patients in aksum public hospitals, tigray, Ethiopia

Autor: Haileselasie Berhane Alema, Amanuel Alem, Meresa Gebremedhin, Tadis Birhane, Abraham Mengstu
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: MOJ Public Health. 8:230-235
ISSN: 2379-6383
Popis: Objective: Acute post streptococcus glomerulonephritis is reported from all over the world with higher rates among children than in adults. The objective of this study was to assess the magnitude and associate factors of acute post streptococcal glomerulonephritis among pediatric patients in Aksum city public hospitals, Tigray, Ethiopia. Methods: Institution based cross sectional study was conducted to retrieve data from 384 medical records of pediatric patients admitted to pediatric wards of Aksum city public hospitals between 2016 and 2018. The collected data were entered in to SPSS version 21 database for analysis. Finally, multivariate logistic regression was employed to identify determinants of adverse birth outcome at P value
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