RESUMO
A retrospective study of all infants and children admitted to two paediatric teaching hospitals in Baghdad city complaining of acute diarrhoea during 1990-1997 was carried out. Of all children admitted, 14.9% were for diarrhoea, 55.5% of whom of were under 1 year of age. The peak incidence was at 3-6 months and tended to be during the summer months. In 97% of cases only one pathogen was identified, enteropathogenic Escherichia coli being the most frequently isolated organism, isolated from 13% of the patients. The proportion of deaths associated with diarrhoea was 28.6%. The documented frequency and patterns of occurrence of diarrhoeal disease emphasize the need for improved diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic measures against this potentially life-threatening condition.
Assuntos
Criança Hospitalizada/estatística & dados numéricos , Diarreia Infantil/epidemiologia , Admissão do Paciente/estatística & dados numéricos , Doença Aguda , Distribuição por Idade , Infecções Bacterianas/epidemiologia , Criança , Proteção da Criança/estatística & dados numéricos , Pré-Escolar , Diarreia Infantil/etiologia , Diarreia Infantil/prevenção & controle , Infecções por Escherichia coli/epidemiologia , Escherichia coli O157 , Hospitais Pediátricos , Hospitais de Ensino , Hospitais Urbanos , Humanos , Incidência , Lactente , Mortalidade Infantil , Iraque/epidemiologia , Determinação de Necessidades de Cuidados de Saúde , Vigilância da População , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de Risco , Estações do Ano , Saúde da População Urbana/estatística & dados numéricosRESUMO
A retrospective study of all infants and children admitted to two paediatric teaching hospitals in Baghdad city complaining of acute diarrhoea during 1990-1997 was carried out. Of all children admitted, 14.9% were for diarrhoea, 55.5% of whom were under 1 year of age. The peak incidence was at 3-6 months and tended to be during the summer months. In 97% of cases only one pathogen was identified, enteropathogenic Escherichia coli being the most frequently isolated organism, isolated from 13% of the patients. The proportion of deaths associated with diarrhoea was 28.6%. The documented frequency and patterns of occurrence of diarrhoeal disease emphasize the need for improved diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic measures against this potentially life-threatening condition
