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- Title
CLINICAL, PARACLINICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY TRENDS OF ACUTE LARYNGITIS IN CHILDREN.
- Authors
Petraşcu, Andreea; Gruia, Sergiu-Claudiu; Meliț, Lorena-Elena
- Abstract
Background: Infections affecting the upper respiratory tract stand out as the prevailing acute infectious during childhood. Acute laryngitis, a pressing pediatric concern, manifests acutely, marked by a barking cough, stridor, dysphonia, and respiratory distress stemming from obstruction of the upper airway. Objective: The aim of this study is to reveal the most common clinical features of acute laryngitis in children, the laboratory findings and treatment. Material and methods: We performed an observational, retrospective study on children with acute laryngitis admitted to the Pediatrics Clinic of the Emergency Clinical County Hospital Târgu Mureş, from October 2021 to October 2023. The data was processed using Microsoft Excel 365, GraphPad and Epilnfo 7.2. Results: Among the total of 121 pediatric cases of acute laryngitis analyzed, 77 cases were boys, representing 64% of the sample, with a p-value of less than 0.0001, indicating statistical significance. Clinically, the predominant symptom observed was a barking cough, present in 86.78% of cases, followed by fever in 73.55% of cases, and dysphonia in 56.20% of cases. Furthermore, a statistically significant increase in the levels of leukocytes, neutrophils, and lymphocytes was observed in correlation with some of the clinical manifestations of acute laryngitis. Nebulized epinephrine was administered to 91.74% of the patients enrolled in this study, while 83.47% received antipyretics, and 80.99% were prescribed corticosteroids. Conclusions: This study revealed that a predominant proportion of children diagnosed with acute laryngitis were male under the age of 1 year. Additionally, a significant number of patients presented in their medical history evidence of other respiratory tract infections. Notably, the primary symptom observed was a barking cough, and the prognosis for pediatric patients was generally favorable.
- Subjects
ROMANIA; LARYNGITIS; SYMPTOMS; CONFERENCES &; conventions; CLINICAL pathology; CHILDREN
- Publication
Acta Marisiensis. Seria Medica, 2024, Vol 70, p37
- ISSN
2668-7755
- Publication type
Article