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MEDISAN

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TAMAYO REUS, Caridad María  y  SORIA ORTIZ, Thais. Common flu as "porter infection" in children under 5 years. MEDISAN [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.7, pp.884-891. ISSN 1029-3019.

An applied, descriptive, cross-sectional and prospective investigation of 1 718 children under 5 years discharged from "Dr. Antonio María Béguez Cesar" Teaching Southern Children Hospital in Santiago de Cuba with diagnosis of common flu as "porter infection", was carried out from January, 2013 to December, 2014, in order to characterize them according to risk, clinical and therapeutic epidemiological variables, based on the definitions of "porter infection" and "therapeutic violence". In the series the high morbidity figures, the recognized and modifiable risk factors (deficiency anemia, powdery environment and early ablactation), rhinorrea, fever, nasal obstruction and cough prevailed as the most common clinical manifestations, as well as the ear infection as the most frequent complication. On the other hand, the morbidity rates due to common flu during the biennium constituted unpublished statistical data in the institution

Palabras clave : child; common flu; porter infection; therapeutic violence; secondary health care.

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