Association of Parental Smoking and Severe Bronchiolitis in Children at Bhuj, Kutch, Gujarat, India: Case Control Study
Journal Title: Pediatric Education and Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Aim: The aim of the present study was to find out out the function of parental smoking in severe bronchiolitis. Material and Methods: The Present Case-control study was conducted in the Department of Department of Pediatrics, Gujarat Adani institute of medical science, Bhuj. Sixty-four patients admitted into the hospital with severe bronchiolitis were registered as cases and sixty-four properly coordinated looking fit attending Department of Pediatrics with non-respiratory disease were tag as controls. Results: The mean age of the patients was 7.54 months. Sixty two point six patients were male and 37.4% patients were female. Nearly every one of the cases arrives from low economic setting. Least amount of hospital reside was 3 days and maximum was 10 days. Thirty nine cases and twenty one controls were exposed to parental smoking which was evident by highly significant results (p = 0.005). Conclusion: Exposure to parental smoking, chiefly paternal smoking, reason a statistically significant lift in the jeopardy of mounting severe bronchiolitis in the primary year of life.
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Tushar Parikh
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