title: [Epidemiologic aspects of acute respiratory infections in children less than 6 months of age through a retrospective study in Algiers--Algeria].
abstract: Personal medical files of 874 children from 0 to 4 years old monitored in a Maternal and Child Health Center were reviewed. Acute respiratory infections (ARI) represent about 37% of the total of these outpatients. Annual frequent occurrence of ARI has been estimated at 2.13 per child/per annum among babies less than 1 year old, and diminishes regularly with age to reach 0.74 per child/per annum in the age group 3-4 years. ARI were a motive for medical advice more frequent among boys than girls (p less than 0.01). Distribution of ARI according to their level shows that ARI above glottis represent 46% of total ARI, this percentage increasing with age. Approximately 63% of these ARI were treated by antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Service Virologie, Institut Pasteur d'Algérie.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kadi
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Kadi
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Belhocine
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Grangaud
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000462:Algeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000453:epidemiology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
vernacular_title: Aspects épidémiologiques des infections respiratoires aiguës chez des enfants de moins de 6 ans à travers une étude rétrospective à Alger--Algerie.