ASSOCIATED DISEASES IN ROTAVIRUS GASTROENTERITIS IN CHILDREN HOSPITALIZED IN CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL OF CONSTANTA

Abstract

Our study included 505 children hospitalized in the Clinical Hospital of Infectious Diseases Constanta in 2011-2012 with gastroenteritis with rotavirus. We analyzed the medical records of the patients and extracted demographic data, temperature, and frequency of vomiting and diarrheic stools. We divided the group of cases into 4 groups associated with: respiratory disease (RD) – 160 cases, digestive disease (DD) – 52 cases, eruptive disease (ED) – 11 cases, and a group without other associated diseases (simple) – 282 cases. We found significant differences between the four groups regarding the number of stools, the number of vomiting per day, the mean value of maximum temperature, the mean value of hospitalization.

Keywords

• rotavirus
• gastroenteritis
• associated diseases