PNEUMONIA COMPLICATED BY CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE IN NIGERIAN CHILDREN.
East Afr Med J
; 89(10): 322-6, 2012 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-26852441
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate heart failure in patients with pneumonia.SETTING:
The paediatric wards of a tertiary hospital in Nigeria.SUBJECTS:
One hundred and four patients were studied.RESULTS:
The mean age was 10.3 ± 11.0 months and 53(51.0%) were males. Of the 104, 41(39.4%) also had Congestive Cardiac Failure (CCF). All 41(100%) patients with CCF compared to 38 of 63 (60.3%) with pneumonia only had cardiomegaly (p = 0.0001). Ten of 61(16.4%) patients with chest X ray had a cardiothoracic ratio (CTR) > 60%. Ten children had dilated ventricular chambers, eight (80.0%) had dilated inferior vena cavae and seven (70%) had myocarditis.CONCLUSION:
The prevalence of CCF complicating pneumonia was high. Tender hepatomegaly, increased CTR and myocarditis were pointers to CCF complicating pneumonia.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Bronconeumonía
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Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida
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Huésped Inmunocomprometido
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Cardiomegalia
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Insuficiencia Cardíaca
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Article