Spectrum of Vaccine Preventable Diseases Amongst Children in Isolation Ward of Tertiary Care Hospitals

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study is to determine the spectrum of vaccine preventable diseases amongst children in pediatric medical unit of  tertiary care hospitals and also determine its relationship with the vaccination status. METHODOLOGY: It was a cross sectional study held at isolation ward of pediatric therapeutic division of  The Children’s Hospital and University of Child Health Sciences and Shaikh Zayed Hospital Lahore from December 2019 to November, 2020. We included children aged between 2 months to 16 years. After getting parental consent, precise history taken and examination done. Patients admitted with different vaccine preventable diseases analyzed. RESULTS: One hundred and twenty patients were enrolled. Amongst them, 55.83% were male and 44.17 % were female. Amongst spectrum of diseases, most common was chicken pox 43(35.83%) followed by measles 32(26.6 %), tetanus 20 (16.6%), diphtheria 13(10.83 %), mumps 12 (10%). CONCLUSION: Amongst diseases, chicken pox was the commonest one. Non-vaccination is the major reason that children are presenting with these potentially morbid diseases. Moreover, vaccine against varicella should be included in EPI Programme for our country.