Coqueluche em crianças menores de 3 anos de idade hospitalizadas em 2011 e 2012 / Pertussis in children below 3 years of age admitted in 2011 and 2012
Santos, Boaventura Antonio dos; Bischoff, Adrianne Rahde; Chikota, Cristina; Silva, Carolina Comparin; Lima, Natália Bitencourt de; Agne, Manoela; Agostini, Gustavo; Simionato, Bárbara; Nunes, Juliana; Silva, Lilian da; Azevedo, Ana Luiza Tainski de; Ferreira, Mariana; Pires, Marcia.
Clin. biomed. res
; 35(4): 227-232, 2015. tab
Article
in Portuguese
| LILACS | ID: lil-790880
To describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of pediatric patients admitted with positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for Bordetella pertussis.
Methods:
Retrospective, observational study including all pediatric patients between zero and 2 years, 11 months and 29 days of age admitted to a university hospital, diagnosed with pertussis confirmed by PCR from July 2011 to December 2012.Results:
The study included 155 patients with a mean age of 7.8 months. Only 22 cases had history of contact with people with paroxysmal or prolonged cough (>14 days). The average duration of symptoms before hospital admission was 9.87±10.08 days and the average time of hospitalization was 5.52±9.60 days. Coughing was the most prevalent symptom (99%), with paroxysmal features in only 16.8%. Cyanosis was present in 29.5% and apnea was present in 5.8%. Additionally, 52.2% of patients required supplemental oxygen, 6.5% required mechanical ventilation, and 2.5% died.Conclusion:
The study corroborates the impact of epidemic pertussis in children, particularly in infants, highlighting the need for new strategies to prevent and control this infection...
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