Clinico-Epidemiologic Study Of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections Among The Student Community Of Universiti Putra Malaysia
Acute respiratory tract infections (ARI) are commonly encountered. Although usually self-limiting in young and working adults, their economic burden is enormous. Currently, published data on epidemiology of ARI among Malaysian adults is lacking particularly in general practice setting. The presen...
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2002
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11242/1/FPSK_M_2002_9.pdf |
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| Summary: | Acute respiratory tract infections (ARI) are commonly encountered.
Although usually self-limiting in young and working adults, their economic burden
is enormous. Currently, published data on epidemiology of ARI among Malaysian
adults is lacking particularly in general practice setting. The present clinicoepidemiological
study was carried out with this in view. The study of ARI among
the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) student community was carried out for a
period of one year ( 1998), following the guidelines set by WHO. Students attending
the Student Health Center (SHC) of UPM with the complaints of ARI between the
ages 17-40 years were included. An illness was considered to be an ARI if at least
three of the following complaints were present: running or blocked nose, phlegm
(post nasal drip), sore throat or difficulty in swallowing, fever or body pain, ear pain
or discharge, hoarseness of voice, headache and cough of less than one week
duration with or without sputum and with or without difficulty in breathing. |
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