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.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Anemia / epidemiology
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Angola / epidemiology
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Child
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Child Nutrition Disorders / epidemiology
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Child, Preschool
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Empyema, Pleural / epidemiology*
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Empyema, Pleural / microbiology
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Empyema, Pleural / mortality
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Empyema, Pleural / physiopathology*
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Female
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Haemophilus / isolation & purification
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Haemophilus Infections / epidemiology
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Haemophilus Infections / microbiology
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Haemophilus Infections / mortality
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Haemophilus Infections / physiopathology
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Hospitals, Pediatric / statistics & numerical data*
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Humans
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Infant
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Infant Nutrition Disorders / epidemiology
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Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data*
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Male
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Pneumococcal Infections / epidemiology
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Pneumococcal Infections / microbiology
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Pneumococcal Infections / mortality
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Pneumococcal Infections / physiopathology
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Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology
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Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
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Staphylococcal Infections / mortality
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Staphylococcal Infections / physiopathology
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Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
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Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification