Evaluation of Serum Potassium Level in Pediatric Gastroenteritis at Children – Welfare Teaching Hospital
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22317/imj.v4i2.813Keywords:
Serum Potassium, Pediatric Gastroenteritis, HypokalemiaAbstract
Objective: To measure the incidence of the hypokalemia in children who are suffered from acute gastroentitis and to estimate their complications.
Method: A prospective clinical study, is enrolled (153) patients from 1st of January 2017 to 1st of December 2017, at the Children-Welfare Teaching Hospital and it is included the children from ( 1-5 years ) who are firstly admitted to the emergency department and then to the pediatric wards who were suffered from acute gastroentitis and their serum potassium levels were below (3.5 mmol/l )and is excluded the children with a chronic diarrhea or a bloody diarrhea or with any nutritional diseases, like marasmus disease, kwashiorkor or iron deficiency anemia disease or parenteral diarrhea, like ( pneumonia, UTI), or their ages either below ( 1year ) or more than ( 5 years ) and the study depends on history and physical examination and serial serum potassium levels.
Result: A total of (153) patients with acute gastroenteritis were included in a study, (91) male patients, (62) female patients with male to female ratio (1.4:1), the majority of the patients were from urban areas. In this study, 61(39%) of patients with acute gastroenteritis were complicated by hypokalemia, 92(61%) were not. Of those with a severe dehydration, 11(23%) had a mild hypokalemia, 17(36%) a moderate, 19(41%) a severe one, patients with a moderate dehydration, 7(50%) had a mild hypokalemia, 5(38%) a moderate, 2(15%) a severe one .Concerning the main complain, 65(44%), had both diarrhea and vomiting, 61(39%), had only diarrhea, 28(17%), had only vomiting. According to degree of dehydration, there were 72(47%) with moderate dehydration, 81(53%) with a severe dehydration. UOP is poor in (70) with a severe dehydration, and (21) with a moderate dehydration, and is good in (8) with a moderate dehydration, (53) with a severe dehydration. The percentages of the complications were 51(83%), had generalized weakness, 10(17%), and had both generalized weakness and paralytic ileus.
Conclusion: Children with acute gastroenteritis were complicated by a hypokalemia 61(39%) paralytic ileus. Diarrhea and vomiting were the commonest complaint of acute gastroenteritis.
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