Clinical features in 54 pediatric patients with recurrent pneumo-bronchitis admitted to the Pediatric Insititute between January 1998 and December 1998

ABSTRACT

Total of 54 patients were diagnosed with pneumo-bronchitis using conventional and WHO 1990’s criteria. It is found that the younger the children with recurrent pneumo-bronchitis are, the more severe the status of admission is and the more rapidly the disease progresses. Clinical symptoms of patients do not depend on age. Clinical symptoms that have predictive value are cyanosis, contraction of thorax, bleeding cough, wheezing and neural dysfunction.