A HOSPITAL BASED STUDY ON SOME CLINICO-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECT OF BRONCHOPNEUMONIA AMONG INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN

A hospital based 6 months prospective study was carried out on children with clinical diagnosis of bronchopneumonia in pediatric department of RMMC Chidambaram. The objective of the study was to find out the proportional case rate and the clinico-epidemiological features of the disease. The effectiveness of Nebulized salbutamol among bronchopneumonia children was also finding out. The proportional case rate was found to be 2.24%. Low birth weight (18%) malnutrition (23%) no immunization (17%), non-breast feeding (20%) and low socio-economic status (25%). Response to nebulized salbutamol was remarkably higher (70%) in 6 to 12 month group.