Rotavirus Associated Acute Gastroenteritis in the Pediatric Emergency Department: A Matched Case-control Study
| Autor: | Damla Hanalioğlu, Fatmanur Özbeyaz, Filiz Özdemir, Funda Kurt, İbrahim Yakut, Emine Dibek Mısırlıoğlu |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Turkish |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2146-2399 2148-7332 |
| DOI: | 10.4274/cayd.galenos.2020.43433 |
| Popis: | Introduction:This study aimed to evaluate pediatric emergency department visits due to rotavirus- associated acute gastroenteritis by the means of laboratory parameters, length of stay at hospital, hospitalization rates and revisit rates in 72 hours after first admission.Methods:A matched case-control study was conducted. Pediatric patients under the age of 18 years who presented to the pediatric emergency department with acute diarrhea (three or more times/day) with/out vomiting between 1st January and 30th June 2018 were included. The study group was composed of patients who had positive stool rotavirus antigen test while the control group consisted of equal number of randomly selected age and gender matched patients whose stool rotavirus antigen tests were negative.Results:A total of 2.834 patients had stool rotavirus antigen test done. Stool rotavirus positivity was 5.3% (n=149). There was no difference between the groups according to age (2.5±2.0 year vs. 2.5±2.0 year, p=0.657) and gender (53% male vs. 55% male, p=0.816). Diarrhea and vomiting co-occurrence was significantly more frequent in the study group (87% vs. 55%, p |
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