The role of body temperature on respiratory rate in children with acute respiratory infections
Autor: | S Songül Yalçin, Beril Özdemir |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Fever Respiratory rate respiratory rate difference Tachypnea Rhonchi World health Body Temperature children Respiratory Rate medicine Humans Outpatient clinic Respiratory system Respiratory Tract Infections Respiratory Sounds business.industry Infant Articles Pneumonia General Medicine medicine.disease University hospital Cross-Sectional Studies Oxygen Saturation Child Preschool Female medicine.symptom business |
Zdroj: | African Health Sciences |
ISSN: | 1680-6905 |
Popis: | Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the use of tachypnea as a proxy to the diagnosis of pneumonia. Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between body temperature alterations and respiratory rate (RR) difference (RRD) in children with acute respiratory infections(ARI). Methods:This cross-sectional study included 297 children with age 2-60 months who presented with cough and fever at the pediatric emergency and outpatient clinics in the Department of Pediatrics, Baskent University Hospital, from January 2016 through June 2018. Each parent completed a structured questionnaire to collect background data. Weight and height were taken. Body temperature, respiratory rate, presence of the chest indrawing, rales, wheezing and laryngeal stridor were also recorded. RRD was defined as the differences in RR at admission and after 3 days of treatment. Results: Both respiratory rate and RRD were moderately correlated with body temperature (r=0.71, p |
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