THE STUDY ON CLINICAL, LABORATORY CHARACTERISTICS, COMPLICATIONS AND SOME RELATED FACTORS TO COMPLICATIONS OF CHILDREN WITH MEASLES AT CAN THO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
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Background: Measles is an acute infectious disease caused by the measles virus, which spreads from person to person via droplet infection. Measles usually progresses benign and fully recovers; however, in some cases, complications of pneumonia, otitis media, diarrhea, encephalitis, and even death. Objectives: To describe clinical, laboratory characteristics, complications and some related factors to complications of children with measles at Can Tho Children’s Hospital. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 158 children with measles at Can Tho Children’s Hospital. Results: Of all 158 diagnosed measles cases, of which 45% was children aged under 12 months. The sex ratio male to female was 1.5:1. 79.7% of cases was unvaccinated. Fever and rash occurred in all cases in this study. Koplik spots occurred in 57% of the patients and 24.7% had a decreased leukocytes. Complications occurred in 45.6% of patients including pneumonia (20.9%) and diarrhea (20.9%). Conclusion: The majority of measles occurred in children aged under 12 months. Most patients were unvaccinated. The symptoms of fever and rash occurred in all cases. Pneumonia and diarrhea were common complications. The unvaccinated malnutrition infants, leukocytosis and increased C-reative protein were associated with measles with complication.
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Measles, complication, children
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