Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran
مجله پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Med J Islam Repub Iran
Medical Sciences
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir
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RHEUMATIC FEVER IN lRANIAN CHILDREN: CLINICAL AND PREVENTIVE ASPECTS
Pediatric
Pediatric
Original Research
Original Research
A total of70 children aged 6 to 15 years with rheumatic fever and completed
in-hospital data were reviewed from 19XX to 1993. In 5X.6% of patients this was
the first attack of disease, while in 41.4'10 the episode represented a recurrence.
Noncompliance of antimicrobial prophylaxis was noted in all of the subjects with
recurrences. 61.4% of cases gave a previous history of sore throat, and inappropriate
or inadequate antibiotics had been prescribed for all of them. Carditis had occurred
in 76% of patients and 51 % of them had developed heart failure. Congestive heart
failure was three times more prevalent in recurrences than in initial attacks. The
study showed an urgent requirement for a national training program for all health
personnel (including doctors), along with the education of healthy children,
patients, and their families in order to establish effective primary and secondary
prophylaxis in this area.
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SHAHLA
ROODPEYMA
20031947532846005843
20031947532846005843
Yes
From the Department of Pediatrics, Ayatollah Taleghani Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, I.R. Iran.