Abdul Ghaffar, Athar Razzaq, Fauzia Waqar, Abdu Sattar, Muhammad Farooq.
Effect of Type of Feeding on Duration of Hospital Stay in Acute Bronchiolitis.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;7(4):972-5.

Aim: To determine the role of type of feeding on duration of hospital stay in Acute Bronchiolitis. Study design: Descriptive study Place of study & duration: This was conducted at Pediatric Medicine department of Nishtar Medical College and Hospital, Multan, over a period of 6 months from October 2012 to March 2013. Methods: All children between the ages 2 months to 2 years with symptoms and signs of low grade fever, cough, tachypnea and first episode of wheezing, or crackles on pulmonary auscultation who required hospitalization were included in this study. Results: There were 188 patients, including 101(53.7%) males and 87(46.3%) females. There were 56 exclusively breast fed children, 96 predominantly breast fed and 36 having total artificial feeding. At admission most of the children were having age less than 6 months with median age (in months) 4.1±1.1 in exclusive breastfed children, 3.4±1.2 in predominant breastfed and 3.7±1.3 in artificial feed children. Mean duration of hospital stays were 3±1.1 days (2-6months of age), 2±1.4 (7-12 months), 2±1.2 (13-18months) and 1±1.4 (17-24 months) among exclusively breast fed children. Duration of hospital stays were 4±2.1 (2-6 months of age), 4±1.2 (7-12 months), 3±1.4 (13-18 months) and 1±1.3 (17-24 months) among predominantly breast fed children. Whereas mean duration of hospital stay was 4±2.2 (2-6 months), 3±1.2 (7-12 months), 3±1.6 (17-24 months) and 2±1.4 (17-24 months). Conclusion: Breast feeding has strong protective effect against acute Bronchiolitis and it also decreases the morbidity in the form of duration of hospitalization.

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