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Laboratory Findings of Bacterial Meningitis in Children. 3 https://doi.org/10.58209/gmjm.2.2.51
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Aims: Several factors predispose to bacterial meningitis in the individuals. Clinical signs can vary in different age groups. In infants, nonspecific symptoms include severe crying, irritability, anorexia, vomiting, lethargy, and full fontanelle, myalgia, and fever.
Instrument & Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study in 2019-2021, a total of 122 patients were selected randomly by referring to the archives of Fatemi Children's Hospital, Qom Stock Exchange, Iran. With a diagnosis of bacterial meningitis in the files of hospitalized children were collected using a checklist. Using the SPSS 20 software package, the information was analyzed.
Findings: A total of 122 patients were analyzed, of which 50 were girls (41%) and 72 were boys (59%). In the age group over 7 years, the mean blood glucose at the time of admission (43.71) was 122.68, with a minimum of 78 and a maximum of 256.
Conclosion: Bacterial meningitis is more common in boys than girls and is more common in the age group of 2 months to 7 years than in other ages. The most common cause is fever.
Instrument & Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study in 2019-2021, a total of 122 patients were selected randomly by referring to the archives of Fatemi Children's Hospital, Qom Stock Exchange, Iran. With a diagnosis of bacterial meningitis in the files of hospitalized children were collected using a checklist. Using the SPSS 20 software package, the information was analyzed.
Findings: A total of 122 patients were analyzed, of which 50 were girls (41%) and 72 were boys (59%). In the age group over 7 years, the mean blood glucose at the time of admission (43.71) was 122.68, with a minimum of 78 and a maximum of 256.
Conclosion: Bacterial meningitis is more common in boys than girls and is more common in the age group of 2 months to 7 years than in other ages. The most common cause is fever.
Article Type: Descriptive & Survey |
Subject:
Biotechnology
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