[Analysis of morbidity in children hospitalized at the Children's Pulmonary Hospital].
An analysis is given of the share of particular diseases of the respiratory tract in patients admitted over one year (N = 1728) in the Children's Pulmonary Hospital, according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Disorders are ranged according to their frequencies into the following groups: (1) bronchitis obstr. ac/bronchiolitis, bronchitis obstr. rec. 508 patients (29.1%), (2) pneumonia 468 (27.1%), (3) asthma 429 (24.8%), (4) infections of the upper respiratory tract 130 (7.5%), (5) pulmonary tuberculosis 103 (6.0%), and (6) other illnesses 95 (5.5%). Bronchitis obstr. ac/bronchiolitis of our patients usually develop in infancy and early childhood during the winter, as well as recidive bronchitis and pneumonia, but these diseases commonly occur ni pre- and school age children. At the same age, hospitalization of patients with asthma is more usual, predominantly in the spring and again with appearing of the autumn. Primary pulmonary tuberculosis is characteristic disease in early childhood, and postprimary in adolescence.
Bolnica za plućne bolesti i tuberkulozu djece i omladine Zagreb.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017523:Croatia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology
Struktura pobola medu djecom hospitaliziranom u djecjoj plućnoj bolnici.