Febbraio 2001 - Volume XX - numero 2
Pagine elettroniche
1Pediatra di libera scelta; 2Istituto di Epidemiologia, Biostatistica, Informatica Medica, Erasmus University, Rotterdam; 3Società Servizi Telematici, Padova; 4Glaxo-Wellcome, Verona; 5CNR/ITBA, Milano; 6Dipartimento di Pediatria, Università di Padova
Key words: Respiratory infections, Influenza, Epidemiology
In one semester, a group of 17 operating paediatricians of the Veneto Region, co-related in a network, carried out a perspective study on the incidence, clinical characteristics, costs, and treatment of acute respiratory infections (IRA) on a total population of 16.760 children. In this period of time 3242 children were visited for a total of 4017 episodes. In 1003 cases, a swab to reveal the Influenza virus was made. It resulted positive in 1/3 cases, featuring a significant association with a longer duration of fever. The percentage of hospitalisations (1.2%), loss of working days for parents (11%), and the use of antibiotics (32%), weigh in a relatively moderate way.
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