Open AccessThe Spectrum of seven preventable Diseases at the Pediatric ward of Dr. Pirngadi Hospital Medan
Author(s) -
T. Razif,
Yahya G. Lubis,
T. Murad El-Fuad,
Syahril Pasaribu,
Chairuddin P. Lubis
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
paediatrica indonesiana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2338-476X
pISSN - 0030-9311
DOI - 10.14238/pi33.3-4.1993.46-51
Subject(s) - medicine , tetanus , pediatrics , diphtheria , measles , immunization , poliomyelitis , whooping cough , vaccination , immunology , antibody
A retrospective study on seven preventab!e diseasee was done in 1989. We found 137 (7.1%) cases of all admissions; they were distribued into 12 neonatal tetanus (8.8%), 57 tetanus (4 1.6%), 17 measles (72.1%), 15 diphtheria (10.9%), 35 pulmonary tuberculosis (25.6%), and 7 poliomyelitis (0. 7%). There was no admittance of pertussis; 62% of those cases consisted of under five-year-old children.
None of those patients had had measles immunization, and their mothers had not had tetanus toxoid immunization when they were pregnant.
The mortality were as follows: neonatal tetanus 4 (33.3%), tetanus 3 (5.3%), measles 1 (5.9%), pulmonary tuberculosis 9 (25.7%) and diphtheria 7 (46.7%).