Frequency of nutritional rickets in children admitted with severe pneumonia

OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of nutritional rickets in children hospitalized with severe pneumonia. METHOD: This study was carried out at the department of paediatric medicine at National Institute of Child Health Karachi. It is a case series done over a period of six months from 15t...

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Main Authors:	Haider, Nighat, Nagi, Abdul Ghaffar, Khan, Khalid Mehmood A.
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Language:	English
Published:	PAKISTAN MEDICAL ASSOC 2010
Subjects:	RJ Pediatrics
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spelling	iium-286902013-02-13T09:22:10Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/28690/ Frequency of nutritional rickets in children admitted with severe pneumonia Haider, Nighat Nagi, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Khalid Mehmood A. RJ Pediatrics OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of nutritional rickets in children hospitalized with severe pneumonia. METHOD: This study was carried out at the department of paediatric medicine at National Institute of Child Health Karachi. It is a case series done over a period of six months from 15th November 2008 to 15th may 2009. Patients admitted (n=137) with severe pneumonia were included in the study and were investigated for presence of rickets with serum calcium, phosphorus and alkaline phosphatase. Those having low to normal calcium low phosphorus and raised alkaline phosphatase were labeled as having rickets. All data collected were entered on Performa. Children with familial, vitamin D dependent/resistant rickets, secondary rickets, and cerebral palsy or on anti convulsant therapy were excluded from this study. RESULTS: Out of 137 patients, with severe pneumonia, 83 were male and 54 female. Frequency of nutritional rickets in children with severe pneumonia was observed in 101(74%) cases. Rickets was more common in 2 to 12 months of age, i.e., 79.8% (67/84) and in those children who were breast fed (85.3% vs. 40%). Frequency was higher in those children who were not exposed to sunlight. CONCLUSION: Pneumonia is a very common presentation of rickets. This study suggests that rickets may be more common in children who are breast fed and those who have less exposure to sunlight. PAKISTAN MEDICAL ASSOC 2010-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/28690/1/JPMA.pdf Haider, Nighat and Nagi, Abdul Ghaffar and Khan, Khalid Mehmood A. (2010) Frequency of nutritional rickets in children admitted with severe pneumonia. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 60 (9). pp. 729-732. ISSN 0030-9982 http://www.jpma.org.pk/index.php
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spellingShingle	RJ Pediatrics Haider, Nighat Nagi, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Khalid Mehmood A. Frequency of nutritional rickets in children admitted with severe pneumonia
description	OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of nutritional rickets in children hospitalized with severe pneumonia. METHOD: This study was carried out at the department of paediatric medicine at National Institute of Child Health Karachi. It is a case series done over a period of six months from 15th November 2008 to 15th may 2009. Patients admitted (n=137) with severe pneumonia were included in the study and were investigated for presence of rickets with serum calcium, phosphorus and alkaline phosphatase. Those having low to normal calcium low phosphorus and raised alkaline phosphatase were labeled as having rickets. All data collected were entered on Performa. Children with familial, vitamin D dependent/resistant rickets, secondary rickets, and cerebral palsy or on anti convulsant therapy were excluded from this study. RESULTS: Out of 137 patients, with severe pneumonia, 83 were male and 54 female. Frequency of nutritional rickets in children with severe pneumonia was observed in 101(74%) cases. Rickets was more common in 2 to 12 months of age, i.e., 79.8% (67/84) and in those children who were breast fed (85.3% vs. 40%). Frequency was higher in those children who were not exposed to sunlight. CONCLUSION: Pneumonia is a very common presentation of rickets. This study suggests that rickets may be more common in children who are breast fed and those who have less exposure to sunlight.
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author	Haider, Nighat Nagi, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Khalid Mehmood A.
author_facet	Haider, Nighat Nagi, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Khalid Mehmood A.
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title	Frequency of nutritional rickets in children admitted with severe pneumonia
title_short	Frequency of nutritional rickets in children admitted with severe pneumonia
title_full	Frequency of nutritional rickets in children admitted with severe pneumonia
title_fullStr	Frequency of nutritional rickets in children admitted with severe pneumonia
title_full_unstemmed	Frequency of nutritional rickets in children admitted with severe pneumonia
title_sort	frequency of nutritional rickets in children admitted with severe pneumonia
publisher	PAKISTAN MEDICAL ASSOC
publishDate	2010
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Frequency of nutritional rickets in children admitted with severe pneumonia

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