Electrocardiographic changes in measles
| Autor: | O. Taiwo, AO Olowu |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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medicine.medical_specialty 030231 tropical medicine Prevalence Nigeria Measles Electrocardiography 03 medical and health sciences Ecg change QRS complex 0302 clinical medicine Heart Rate 030225 pediatrics Internal medicine T wave medicine Humans Child medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Infant medicine.disease Surgery El Niño Child Preschool Coronal plane Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Cardiology Female business |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Tropical Paediatrics. 10:109-116 |
| ISSN: | 1465-3281 0272-4936 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02724936.1990.11747417 |
| Popis: | Electrocardiograms (ECGs) were recorded in 100 Nigerian children with measles admitted to our paediatric wards or treated on an out-patient basis. The patients were aged 5 months-8 years (mean, 19 months) and the male:female ratio was 1.3:1. Similar recordings were obtained in 100 age- and sex-matched controls. The electrocardiographic changes observed include T wave inversion in 28 patients and prolonged P-R interval in 22. Other changes are prolonged Q-Tc (13 patients), low QRS amplitude (13 patients), abnormal QRS axes in the frontal plane (5 patients) and T wave flattening (4 patients). A statistically significant difference between patients and controls with respect to the above changes was demonstrated in T wave inversion and prolonged P-R interval--the latter in the 5 months-1 year age group. Hence, 35 patients had at least one statistically significant ECG change, giving a prevalence rate of 35%. The implications of the above findings are discussed and the need to intensify efforts aimed at immunizing all children against measles is stressed. |
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