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Volume 26

October - December 2010

Number  4


 

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Infectious Diseases in hospitalized
Children of Central Iran

Hossein Ali Habibinejad1, Ali Akbar Riahin2,
Akram Heidari3, Farhad Mahjourian4

ABSTRACT

Objective: Despite dramatic progress in their treatment and prevention, infectious diseases remain a major cause of death and debility around the world. We planned this study to determine the epidemiologic features of infectious diseases in children (0 to 12 years) admitted to the Fatemieh Hospital in Qom, Central Iran.

Methodology: In this retrospective descriptive study the data were collected from medical records of 892 patients with infectious diseases admitted to the Fatemieh Hospital in Qom during summer 2007 (22 June through 22 September). The epidemiologic features were analyzed using SPSS software.

Results: Eight hundred ninety two out of 2105 (42%) admitted cases to the Fatemieh Hospital during summer 2007 (22 June through 22 September) were infectious diseases. The most frequent infections were gastroenteritis, pneumonia and urinary tract infection; 57.6%, 11% and 7.1%, respectively. Mortality rate of infectious diseases was 0.3%.

Conclusion: This study confirms the continuing importance of pediatric infectious diseases in central Iran especially gastroenteritis and pneumonia. Improvement of hygienic conditions of water supply and routine use of pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae vaccines are suggested.

KEY WORDS: Infectious Diseases, Hospitalized children.

Pak J Med Sci    October - December 2010    Vol. 26 No. 4    901-904

How to cite this article:

Habibinejad HA, Riahin AA, Heidari A, Mahjourian F. Infectious Diseases in hospitalized Children of Central Iran. Pak J Med Sci 2010;26(4):901-904


1. Hossein Ali Habibinejad,
Member of Young Researches Club.
2. Ali Akbar Riahin,
Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases,
3. Akram Heidari,
Assistant Professor of Social Medicine.
Qom University of Medical Sciences,
Qom, Iran.
4. Farhad Mahjourian,
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
Department of Pediatrics.
1,2,4: Islamic Azad University, Qom Branch,
Qom, Iran.

Correspondence:

Hossein Ali Habibi Nejad,
Islamic Azad University of Qom,
Rohani Blvd, Qom,
IRAN.
E-mail: ali.medicine@yahoo.com

* Received for Publication: December 23, 2009

* Revision Received: June 24, 2010

* Revision Accepted: June 30, 2010



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