Morbidity and mortality in diarrhea in rural Haryana
| Autor: | S. S. Wadhwa, N. Datta, Sunit Singhi, V. Kumar |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
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Diarrhea
Rural Population Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Attack rate India Infant Severe dehydration Cross-Sectional Studies Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Case fatality rate Diarrhea Infantile medicine Humans medicine.symptom Diarrheal disease business Prospective cohort study Child |
| Zdroj: | Indian journal of pediatrics. 52(418) |
| ISSN: | 0019-5456 |
| Popis: | Five thousand children under 6 years of age from 69 villages in Haryana were followed up for 2 years to assess the extent and severity of acute diarrheal disease. Almost 70–75 per cent of children suffered from diarrhea every year. The annual attack rate was 1·92/child during the first year and 2·16/child in the second year. Thirty four per cent suffered from 3 or more episodes. Maximum attack rate of 2·69/child/year was seen in children 1–2 years of age. No severe dehydration was seen and one or more signs of dehydration were reported in 3013 (12·2%) cases. Diarrhea accounted for 23·1 per cent (27) of total deaths (117) during the study period. The case fatality rate in 7424 episodes of diarrhea was 3·63/1000 episodes. The findings of this prospective study have operational and logistic implications in national diarrheal disease control programme and may strengthen the monitoring of the desease. |
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