ATYPICAL INFECTIONS IN ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE IN CHILDREN

  • Roxana-Elena Bogdan-Goroftei Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati
  • Raisa Eloise Barbu Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children "St. Ioan" Galati
  • Monica Marinescu Military Emergency Hospital "Dr. Aristide Serfioti" Galati
  • Iuliana Petruța Moraru Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati
  • Pompiliu-Mircea Bogdan Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati
  • Cristian Guțu Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati
  • Diana-Andreea Ciortea Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati
  • Anca Ștefanopol Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati
Keywords: respiratory infections, children, respiratory failure, bronchiolitis, hypoxia

Abstract

This article aim to identify the main agents and biologicals within the pediatric population hospitalized in the Emergency Clinical Hospital for children, "Sfântul Ioan", Galati. In order to achieve this goal, we conducted a retrospective study on a group of 102 pediatric patients admitted into our clinic, between January 2018 and November 2020, being a cohort type.
Respiratory infections, especially opportunistic infections, are often seasonal. Especially increased in the cold months due to seasonal immune depression. The influenza virus H. influenzae is a pathogen with a higher prevalence in the winter months.
In order to assess the susceptibility to infections, according to season and age the cross-frequency table and the chi-square test have been performed, and there is no statistically relevant dependence relationship between these variables.
Of the 102 patients, 74.51% had a history of respiratory ailments. The most frequent conditions encountered in the antecedents, within this group, were an acute respiratory failure (29.4%) and pneumonia (33.3%).
For our study group, in the case of the type of therapy used, a quasi-symmetrical distribution could be observed, where 49.02% of the subjects benefited from double or triple antibiotic therapy, while 50.98% benefited from mono antibiotic therapy.

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Published
2022-12-30
How to Cite
Bogdan-Goroftei, R.-E., Barbu, R. E., Marinescu, M., Moraru, I., Bogdan, P.-M., Guțu, C., Ciortea, D.-A. and Ștefanopol, A. (2022) “ATYPICAL INFECTIONS IN ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE IN CHILDREN”, Annals of “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati. Fascicle XV, Physical Education and Sport Management, 2, pp. 43-58. doi: https://doi.org/10.35219/efms.2022.2.04.
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