Arina Setyaningtyas and Hanna Dyahferi Anomsari and Retno Asih Setyoningrum and Landia Setiawati (2008) Profile of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Children at Soetomo Hospital Surabaya in 2006. In: 14th Indonesian Congress of Pediatrics KONIKA 2008. Indonesian Pediatric Society-East Java Branch, Surabaya, pp. 1-4. ISBN 978-979-18092-1-4

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Abstract

Background: Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) is one of the most important children all over the world. Clinical findings, laboratory and radiological examination of CAP may largerly vary from mild to severe. Obejctive: To report profile of CAP in children hospitalized at Soetomo Hospital Surabaya in 2006. Methods: This research was a retrospective study. Data of children with primary diagnosis of CAP in 2006 were obtained from medical records of the Department of Child Health Soetomo Hospital Surabaya. The diagnosis CAP was based on clinical findings and radiological examination. The clinical features of illness, laboratory and radiological examination were recorded and presented descriptively. Results: During the study period, 227 patients were diagnosed as CAP. More than half (57.3%) patients aged 2 months-1 year. Most common symptom and sign were cough (96.9%), chest indrawing (77.4%), and tachypnea (58.8%), leucocytosis (39.6%). Accompanying diseases (i.e congenital heart disease, neurological and gastroenterological disorders) were found in 52.6%. One hundred patients (43.9%) had malnutrition. Patchy infiltrate was found in 78.9% chest X-ray examination. Complications of CAP such as respiratory failure occured in 8.8% cases and sepsis in 10.5%, leading to mortality of 6.6%. Conclusions: Community acquired pneumonia in children still count as a major problem at Soetomo Hospital Surabaya. The morbidity was influenced by malnutrition and other accompanying diseases.

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