Open AccessThe Underlying Causes of Recurrent Pneumonia in Children: A Two-Center Study
Author(s) -
Amany Nagy Barakat,
Mahitab M. Hussein,
Eman Mahmoud Fouda,
Amr Zoair,
Ahmed Mohamed Abd El-Razek
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of advances in medicine and medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-8899
DOI - 10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i630861
Subject(s) - pulmonologists , medicine , etiology , pneumonia , pulmonology , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , asthma
Background: Recurrent pneumonia is a challenge for pediatric pulmonologists. There are limited data on the underlying causes of recurrent pneumonia in children in the developing countries.
Aim: To identify the underlying causes of recurrent pneumonia in children with undiagnosed etiology.
Patients and Methods: The study was conducted in Pulmonology Units, Pediatric Departments Tanta and Ain-Shams Universities Hospitals from 2017 to 2019. Fifty-six cases children with a diagnosis of recurrent pneumonia were included to identify the etiologies. The underlying causes were confirmed in each case according to the clinical features and the diagnostic tests.
Results: Uncontrolled bronchial asthma was the commonest cause of recurrent pneumonia (23.2%), followed by congenital heart diseases (12.5%) and aspiration syndromes (12.5%).
Conclusion: Uncontrolled bronchial asthma was the most common underlying cause of recurrent pneumonia in children, so early diagnosis and proper controller therapy may decrease the risk of occurrence of recurrent pneumonia.