NEUROLOGICAL PATIENTS PRESENTING AT GENERAL PEDIATRICS WARD OF JINNAH HOSPITAL LAHORE
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Objectives: The objective of this study is to view the appearance of the patients suffering of the abnormalities of the nervous system admitted into children & infant wards and assess the outcomes, examinations, abnormalities and the treatment as provided to the patients.
Methodology: This research work is a conservative investigation of patients Jinnah Hospital Lahore in the year of 2017. All the participants were older than 1 month of age with confirm diagnosis of abnormalities in the nervous system and included in this study. The patients found with metabolic hysterics and having less than one month of age were not the part of this research work.
Results: A significant amount of the patients admitted into children ward were suffering of abnormality of the nervous system. Sixty-seven patients out of six hundred and eighty-seven patients were suffering of mental illness. The most common problem of the nervous system was the infections in the central nervous system (CNS). Cerebral palsy with many other difficulties was another cause of the admission with febrile fit & epilepsy etc. High fever with or without seizures was the most frequent symptom. Intravenous antibiotic treatment was provided to every patient who was in danger of suffering with infection of CNS. Intravenous quinine was in use for the treatment of the patients suffering of cerebral malaria.
Conclusion: The abnormalities in the nervous system in small children of less than 5 year of age are the vital cause of the admission in the hospital due to most common infections. Neurological infections caused by bacteria are most frequent than the infections of the nervous system caused by virus or protozoa. This research work will help in preparation about the good administration of those patients in the children wards as well as in wards of emergency.
Keywords: Neurological Infections, Encephalitis, Abnormalities, Pneumonia, Meningitides, Tuberculosis, Influenza, Conjugate Vaccines.