Frequency of nutritional rickets, its clinicobiochemical profile and its relationship to the lower respiratory tract infections in indoor patients from 2 to 60 months of age

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dc.contributor.authorThakur, Bhagat Ramen_US
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Panchamen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T07:49:10Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T07:49:10Z
dc.date.issued2020-09
dc.description.abstractBackground: Frequency of nutritional rickets, its clinicobiochemical profile and its relationship to the lower respiratory tract infections in indoor patients from 2 to 60 months of age.Methods: Children aged 2 to 60 months admitted for the first time were included in the study and divided into two groups i.e. with and without clinical signs of rickets. Disease profile was studied in both groups. Incidence of lower respiratory tract infection was compared between two groups.  Children with clinicoradiological signs of rickets were also investigated for biochemical abnormalities.Results: During the one year study period a total of 393 children were admitted, 65 were found to have rickets constituted as study group and 328 were without rickets were included the controls. Rickets incidence was 16.5% of which majority (74.6%) were males and most rachitic children (64.6%) were below six months of age. Acute lower respiratory tract infection (64.6%) was commonest in study group and acute gastroenteritis (24.4%) in the controls. The rate of ALRTI was nearly three times in study group.  Frontal bossing (67.7%) was most common sign of rickets and increased alkaline phosphatase (93.8%) was the commonest biochemical abnormality.Conclusions: Nutritional rickets, a multifactorial disease, is easily preventable. The present study has revealed the high incidence of rickets i. e., 16.5% and also show the strong statistically significant association of nutritional rickets with acute lower respiratory tract infections.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Pediatrics, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationThakur Bhagat Ram, Kumar Pancham. Frequency of nutritional rickets, its clinicobiochemical profile and its relationship to the lower respiratory tract infections in indoor patients from 2 to 60 months of age. International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics. 2020 Sep; 7(9): 1876-1879en_US
dc.identifier.issn2349-3283
dc.identifier.issn2349-3291
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/204768
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber9en_US
dc.relation.volume7en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20203646en_US
dc.subjectAcute lower respiratory tract infectionsen_US
dc.subjectRicketsen_US
dc.subjectVitamin-Den_US
dc.titleFrequency of nutritional rickets, its clinicobiochemical profile and its relationship to the lower respiratory tract infections in indoor patients from 2 to 60 months of ageen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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