Clinical manifestations, complications, and hospitalizations of measles in children in Tikrit teaching hospital | ||
| Medical Journal of Tikrit | ||
| Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 151, July 2012, Pages 86-92 | ||
| Author | ||
| Mohammed A. Younis | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Measles is an acute, highly communicable viral illness usually transmitted via exposure to infected respiratory secretions. There is a prodromal phase of 2–4 days with fever, conjunctivitis, coryza and Kopliks spots on the buccal mucosa. The characteristic maculopapular rash appears on the third to seventh day, spreads over three to four days from the head over the trunk to the extremities and lasts for up to one week. Most of the patients feel unwell during the first day or two after the appearance of the rash. The aim of the study is to clarify the clinical presentations, complications and hospitalizations of measles in children. A cross sectional study of 160 cases of measles who admitted to Tikrit teaching hospital in Tikrit city in period between first of February and the end of July 2008 .In this study, the diagnosis of measles is based on clinical manifestations. For each of these hospitalizations, the following data were obtained: clinical manifestations, complications, length of stay in hospital, discharge status (i.e. death, ordinary or voluntary discharge, transferred to other hospital), and main discharge diagnosis. The ages of 160 patients with measles ranged from 11daysto17years. The severity of the disease was correlated with the younger age groups. Pneumonia was the common complication (63.32%) and cause of 3 deaths (2%) in measles in infancy , young age patients were more liable to complications(91.87%) and staying in the hospital(median 4.74 days). As a conclusions; Measles was occurred mainly in infancy because of suboptimal vaccine coverage, pneumonia is the most frequent complications of measles and cause of mortality in measles in infancy, hospitalization is common in infancy rather than other age groups in measles due to development of complications. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| clinical manifestations; complications; and hospitalizations of measles in children in Tikrit teaching hospital | ||
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