Pneumonia Complicated by Congestive Heart Failure in Nigerian Children.
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate heart failure in patients with pneumonia. SETTING The paediatric wards of a tertiary hospital in Nigeria. SUBJECTS One hundred and four patients were studied. RESULTS The mean age was 10.3 ± 11.0 months and 53(51.0%) were males. Of the 104, 41(39.4%) also had Congestive Cardiac Failure (CCF). All 41(100%) patients with CCF compared to 38 of 63 (60.3%) with pneumonia only had cardiomegaly (p = 0.0001). Ten of 61(16.4%) patients with chest X ray had a cardiothoracic ratio (CTR) > 60%. Ten children had dilated ventricular chambers, eight (80.0%) had dilated inferior vena cavae and seven (70%) had myocarditis. CONCLUSION The prevalence of CCF complicating pneumonia was high. Tender hepatomegaly, increased CTR and myocarditis were pointers to CCF complicating pneumonia.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- East African medical journal
دوره 89 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012