{"title":"Children With Hepatitis in a Tertiary Care Center in Nepal: A Prospective Observational Study.","authors":"Bikash Shrestha, Umesh Singh, Kavita Karmacharya, Shreejana Singh","doi":"10.1177/2333794X241274713","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Objective</i>. Viral hepatitis is a global problem leading to significant morbidity and mortality in adults as well as children. This study explores Hepatitis A among Nepalese children and their water habits. <i>Methods</i>. A prospective observational study was conducted over a period of 10 years among Nepalese children. We included 287 children with hepatitis in our study. <i>Results</i>. Among 287 children studied, 266 had Hepatitis A. There were 33 toddlers (11.5%), 121 pre-school children (42.2%), 102 school children (35.5%), and 31 adolescents (10.8%). Ninety-one (32%) children used filtered water, 55 (19%) used boiled water, 23 (8%) used boiled and filtered water, 53 (18%) used jar water and 65 (23%) used direct tap water. Five children had complications. One child died due to complications. The mortality rate in the study was 0.38%. <i>Conclusion</i>. Hepatitis A affected pre-school and school children most. Boiled and filtered is safest against transmission of Hepatitis A.</p>","PeriodicalId":12576,"journal":{"name":"Global Pediatric Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11380126/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Global Pediatric Health","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X241274713","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PEDIATRICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Objective. Viral hepatitis is a global problem leading to significant morbidity and mortality in adults as well as children. This study explores Hepatitis A among Nepalese children and their water habits. Methods. A prospective observational study was conducted over a period of 10 years among Nepalese children. We included 287 children with hepatitis in our study. Results. Among 287 children studied, 266 had Hepatitis A. There were 33 toddlers (11.5%), 121 pre-school children (42.2%), 102 school children (35.5%), and 31 adolescents (10.8%). Ninety-one (32%) children used filtered water, 55 (19%) used boiled water, 23 (8%) used boiled and filtered water, 53 (18%) used jar water and 65 (23%) used direct tap water. Five children had complications. One child died due to complications. The mortality rate in the study was 0.38%. Conclusion. Hepatitis A affected pre-school and school children most. Boiled and filtered is safest against transmission of Hepatitis A.
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