title: Morbidity Profile of Adolescents Admitted in a General Pediatric Ward.
abstract: We studied the morbidity pattern of inpatient adolescents over a period of 17 months. Of 32115 admissions in this period, 2742 were adolescents (39.7% females). 93.9% were partially immunized, 37.3% were malnourished, 2.8% were overweight and 56% were anemic. Dengue and dengue-like illness (528) were the most common illness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Kalawati Saran Childrens Hospital, New Delhi, India. dr.abhishek.chakraborty@gmail.com.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rath
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*