title: Clinical profile of pleural empyema and associated factors with prolonged hospitalization in paediatric tertiary centre in Angola, Luanda.
abstract: In a case series of 152 children aged from 2 to 132 months will pleural emphema from a paediatric tertiary hospital in Luanda, Angola between September 2004 and March 2005, the authors found a high prevalence of anaemia and malnutrition. The most prevalent bacteria in pleural fluid were: D pneumoniae, Haemophyllus and S aureus. The median for hospital stay was 25 days. The lethality was 7.8% and was not statistically associated with malnutrition, although this variable was associated, in multivariate analysis, with prolonged hospitalization time.
authors.affiliation: IMIP - Paediatric Respiratory Diseases, Rua dos Coelhos, 300 Boa Vista Recife, Pernambuco 50070550, Brazil. murilobritto@ig.com.br
authors.forename: Murilo Carlos Amorim
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: de Britto
authors.forename: Silvia Maria Mendes
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: da Conceicao Silvestre
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: do Carmo Menezes Duarte
authors.forename: Patricia Gomes
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: de Matos Bezerra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000453:epidemiology; D000810:Angola / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006190:Haemophilus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007228:Infant Nutrition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification