Open AccessPresepsin level in children infected with community-acquired pneumonia
Author(s) -
Rana Ahmed Najm,
Arshad Noori Al-Dujaili,
Jasim Mohammed Hashim
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of health sciences (ijhs) (en línea)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2550-6978
pISSN - 2550-696X
DOI - 10.53730/ijhs.v6ns1.5846
Subject(s) - pneumonia , medicine , white blood cell , community acquired pneumonia , pediatrics
Objective: To investigate the expression of Presepsin (P-SEP) in children infected with Community-acquired pneumonia and its correlation with total white blood cell count (WBC), gender and age. The current study included sixty (60) patient suffering from acquired community pneumonia aged range between one year to larger than 6 years, gander (30) female and (30) male Children in Al Zahara Teaching Hospitals in Najaf Provenance , during November 2020 – March 2021. The (30) control Child without suffering any of symptoms or criteria of acquired community pneumonia our results show significant elevation (p 0.05) different in presepsin level between female and male pneumonia child patients. The results also indicate significant elevation (p 6y) of pneumonia child patient .And there is no significant (p>0.05) different in presepsin between the ages (4-6y) when compare with ages (>6y).