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Volume 7 Issue 8 (August, 2019)

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Evaluation of clinical outcome of cases of Acute respiratory infections in children below 5 years age
Prashant Agarwal, Ashish Pratap Singh

Background: Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in under-five children worldwide. The present study was conducted to evaluate clinical outcome of cases of Acute respiratory infections in children below 5 years age. Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted on 168 patients of both genders. All were informed regarding the study and written consent was obtained. Symptoms such as nasal stuffiness, throat irritation, low-grade fever, anorexia and myalgia were recorded. Results: Acute respiratory infections affected most commonly age group of 2-4 years comprising 52 boys and 44 girls followed by 4-6 years who had 20 boys and 32 girls and age group 6-8 years had 12 boys and 8 girls. Nasal stuffiness was seen in 144 patients, throat irritation in 136, low-grade fever in 160, anorexia in 68 and myalgia in 54. The difference was significant (P< 0.05).Conclusion: Authors found that most common symptoms in patients were nasal stuffiness and throat irritation. Commonly involved age group was 2-4 years. There is an urgent need to improve diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines as well as to improve macro and micronutrient intake for the health needs of children of the world particularly in developing countries. Key words: Acute respiratory infections, Children, Nasal stuffiness Received: 11 June, 2019 Revised: 12 July 2019 Accepted: 14 July 2019 Corresponding Author: Dr. Ashish Pratap Singh, Assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, Hind Institute of Medical Sciences Ataria, Sitapur U.P., India This article may be cited as: Agarwal P, Singh AP. Evaluation of clinical outcome of cases of Acute respiratory infections in children below 5 years age. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2019;7(8):255-258.

 
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