Titre : | Nutritional status and diarrheal illness as independent risk factors for alveolar pneumonia. (2005) |
Auteurs : | Christian-L COLES ; BAR-ZIV (Jacob) : ISR. Department of Radiology. Hadassah University Medical Center. Jerusalem. ; Ron DAGAN ; Drora FRASER ; Noga GIVON-LAVI ; GORODISCHER (Raphael) : ISR. Department of Pediatrics. Soroka University Medical Center. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer Sheva. ; David GREENBERG ; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Faculty of Health Sciences. Beer Sheva. ISR ; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Faculty of Health Sciences. Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation Department. Beer Sheva. ISR |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of epidemiology (vol. 162, n° 10, 2005) |
Pagination : | 999-1007 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Diarrhée ; Pneumonie ; Facteur risque ; Enfant ; Homme ; Anémie ; Epidémiologie ; Israël ; Asie ; Ethnie ; Alimentation ; Appareil digestif [pathologie] ; Intestin [pathologie] ; Appareil respiratoire [pathologie] ; Hémopathie |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 20R0xtdB. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Community-acquired alveolar pneumonia (CAAP) is typically associated with bacterial infections and is especially prevalent in vulnerable populations worldwide. The authors studied nutritional status and diarrheal history as risk factors for CAAP in Bedouin children1 diarrhea episodes within 31 days prior to enrollment (AOR=2.30,95% Cl : 1.26,4.19 ; p=0.007) were identified as risk factors for CAAP. Results suggest that improving antenatal care and the nutritional status of infants may reduce the risk of CAAP in Bedouin children. Furthermore, they suggest that vaccines developed to prevent diarrhea may also lower the risk of CAAP. |