Assessment of weight and height of patients with primary immunodeficiency disorders and group of children with recurrent respiratory tract infections.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary immunodeficiences (PIDs) are a group of chronic, serious disorders in which the immune response is insufficient. In consequence, it leads to an increased susceptibility to infections. Up to date, there are about 350 different disorders classified in that group. There are also patients suffering from recurrent respiratory tract infections (RRTI), however that group doesn't present any abnormalities in terms of conducted immunological tests. Many factors, including medical, can have an impact on physical development of a child. Data such as birth weight and length, also weight, height, BMI during admission to the hospital were collected from 195 patients' medical histories from their hospitalization at Clinical Immunology and Paediatrics Ward of J. Gromkowski Hospi

SUBMITTER: Pieniawska-Smiech K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7364511 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature