Laryngotracheobronchitis as a complication of measles during an urban epidemic

Objective: To evaluate demographic and clinical correlates of laryngotracheobronchitis (LTB) as a complication of measles during a community-wide epidemic. Retrospective review of medical records. Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, a large urban pediatric facility, during a regional epidemic of measles...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of pediatrics 1992-10, Vol.121 (4), p.511-515
Hauptverfasser:	Ross, Lawrence A., Mason, Wilbert H., Lanson, Judith, Deakers, Timothy W., Newth, Christopher J.L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Biological and medical sciences Bronchitis - epidemiology Bronchitis - etiology Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks Female Human viral diseases Humans Infant Infectious diseases Laryngitis - epidemiology Laryngitis - etiology Los Angeles Male Measles - complications Measles - epidemiology Medical sciences Retrospective Studies Tracheitis - epidemiology Tracheitis - etiology Urban Health Viral diseases Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases
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Zusammenfassung:	Objective: To evaluate demographic and clinical correlates of laryngotracheobronchitis (LTB) as a complication of measles during a community-wide epidemic. Retrospective review of medical records. Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, a large urban pediatric facility, during a regional epidemic of measles studied January through June 1990. All patients identified at our hospital who met Centers for Disease Control criteria for measles. Of 440 patients with measles, 82 also had LTB (18.6%). Patients in whom LTB developed were significantly younger (mean ± SD: 14.7±8.2 months) than the cohort (24.8±30.1 months) ( p
ISSN:	0022-3476 1097-6833
DOI:	10.1016/S0022-3476(05)81136-9