SOME CLINICAL AND SUBCLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RSV-INFECTED PNEUMONIA PATIENTS AT VINH PHUC OBSTETRICS AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

Hoàng Trung Thanh1,, Nguyễn Thị Yến2, Phạm Thu Nga2
1 Vinh Phuc Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital
2 Hanoi Medical University

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Pneumonia is a common disease  and life-threatening disease in pediatrics. Virus is an important cause of pneumonia in children, of which Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause. Objectives: Describe some clinical and subclinical characteristics of RSV-infected pneumonia patients under 5 years old at Vinh Phuc Obstetrics and Children's Hospital. Study subjects: 206 patients under 5 years old suffering from pneumonia caused by RSV from June 2020 to May 2021. Research method: prospective multiside, cross-sectional description. Results: The prevalence of RSV is in the age group < 12 months old (91.2%). Common clinical symptoms are cough, runny nose, wheezing, tachypnea, and chest indrawing (> 80%). 98.5% patients  has rales in lung. Most patients have normal white blood cell counts and CRP. 90.3% of patients have lung lesions on chest X-ray. Conclusion: RSV is the common cause of pneumonia in children < 12 months old. Common symptoms are cough, runny nose, wheezing, rapid breathing, chest indrawing. white blood cell counts and CRP are usually normal. 51,5% of patients are severe pneumonia which is consistent with the high rate of children < 2 months in the study.

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