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FREQUENCY AND PATTERN OF COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN CHILDREN AND ADULT POPULATION

Dr. Abdul Rahim Memon, Dr. Muhammad Amir Memon, Dr. Muhammad Sohail Baig, Dr. Hamid Nawaz Ali Memon, Dr. Samar Raza and *Muhammad Jan Khetran

Objective: To explore the frequency and pattern of community acquired pneumonia in children and adult population. Patients and Methods:A total of fifty patients with pneumonia were included in this study. The criterion for the selection of the patients for the study was those patients diagnosed case of pneumonia as chest x-ray infiltrate and ≥2 additional symptoms includes temperature >38.3°C or <36°C, chills, new cough, chest pain, or new onset of dyspnea while the patients with upper respiratory tract infections, tuberculosis, malaria, HIV and already on immunosuppressive medications were placed in exclusion criteria whereas the frequency / percentages (%) and means ±SD computed for study variables. Results:During six-month study period total fifty patients had community acquired pneumonia i.e. children and teenagers (25 patients) and adult and elderly populations (25 patients) were explored and study. The mean ± SD for age of population of children and adult population was 7.62±5.94 and 58.61±7.72 respectively. Regarding gender amongchildren population male 18 (72%) and female 07 (28%) and in adult population male 15 (60%) and female 10 (40%) while the pathogens Streptococcus pneumonia 29 (58%), Haemophilus influenza 09 (18%), virus detected 07 (14%) and Moraxella catarrhalis 05 (10%) and other parameters Hospital stay (days) 19.74±5.72, ICU admission 14 (28%) and mortality 05 (10%). Conclusion:Pneumococci are the most well-known pathogen related with CAP requiring emergency clinic affirmation, and they all have a comparable rate that increment with age. KeyWords:Pneumonia, consolidation and community acquired.

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