Volume : VI, Issue : I, January - 2017

OUTCOME OF PNEUMONIA ASSOCIATED WITH TRADITIONAL CHILD REARING PRACTICES IN INFANTS

Dr. Anil Kumar. M, Dr. Padmavathy. K

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 AIM AND OBJECTIVE: ·     To compare and assess the clinical features and outcome of pneumonia occurring in infants with traditional child reå practices and in infants without traditional child reå practices. ·      To assess the influence of individual traditional child reå practices with the outcome of pneumonia occurring in infants.     MATERIALS AND METHODS: : For this study detailed clinical history was taken. Infants with clinical and radiological evidence of pneumonia were selected as per the selection criteria The study. After eliciting necessary history some children were excluded using exclusion criteria. Detailed  questionnaires were asked to mother / care taker which included details regarding various traditional child reå practices.  .   RESULTS: On compå and analyzing the clinical parameters and outcome of pneumonia in infants between traditional child reå practices and without traditional child reå practice. it is found that increased morbidity pattern of  pneumonia in infants associated with traditional child reå practices is high while compå non traditional child reå infants       CONCLUSION:  In my study increased morbidity in the infants is attributed to traditional child reå practice, mortality was very less probably due to increased vaccination status and also due to increasing literacy rate in mothers.

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Dr. Anil kumar.M, Dr. Padmavathy.K, OUTCOME OF PNEUMONIA ASSOCIATED WITH TRADITIONAL CHILD REARING PRACTICES IN INFANTS, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-6, Issue-1, January‾2017

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