Swallowing profile analysis by electromyography in children with cerebral palsy

Introduction: Respiratory conditions may be upper or lower, and in many cases, it is associated with an infection. The most affected age group is between 0 and 9 years old, with the highest rates among those younger than 1 year, due to the immaturity of their immune system. Studies have shown correlation of these conditions with rainy periods, such as winter, which represents the season with the highest incidence. Among the symptoms, fever, cough and dyspnea are seen in most cases. Therefore, the importance of the profile of the children hospitalized with these cadres in the Children's Hospital of the city of Recife is understood. Objectives: To describe the prevalence by age group of major involvement with hospitalization of children due to airway infections, to analyze the climatic periods of affection and its correspondence with the seasonality of airway infections among the children of the age group and to describe the initial clinical manifestations, according to URTI and LRTI. Methods: A cross-sectional, retrospective, documentary observational study through medical records of children between 0 and 10 years of age hospitalized with respiratory infections at Hospital do Recife in 2016. Results: The most affected age group was Infants, with 60.9% of the cases, followed by Pre-school (24.6%), School (7.8%) and Neonates (6.7%). As for the clinical manifestations, the most common was Dyspnea (86.8%), then Cough (74.7%), with Productive in 28.2% of cases; (65.9%), Wheezing (48.3%) and Adventitious Sounds (40.6%), with the most common being Rales (77%). Regarding seasonality, 33% occurred in Winter, leaving Summer in second place with 32.4% of cases. Conclusion: The data obtained are in line with the literature, showing the high prevalence of respiratory diseases in children between 0 and 10 years of age, mainly during the winter, with the development of specific strategies to treat and direct the diagnoses during these periods.