Devrajani Bikha Ram, Shah Syed Zulfiquar Ali, Shaikh Muzaffar Ali
Department of Medicine, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Hyderabad, Sindh.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2013 Mar;63(3):369-73.
To determine the serum zinc level in patients with pneumonia.
The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad, Pakistan, from September 2008 to February 2009. All patients above 12 years of age and of either gender who had been diagnosed with pneumonia were further evaluated for their serum zinc status.The data was analysed through SPSS 10.00, and p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.
The mean age of the 118 patients in the study was 25.64 +/- 6.53 years. The mean serum zinc level was 8.279 +/- 2.77 mmol/L, while the mean serum zinc levels in patients having low and normal levels was 6.740 +/- 1.47 mmol/L and 13.243 +/- 1.52 mmol/L respectively (p<0.001). The serum zinc was low in 42 of the 72 (58%) males, and 35 of the 46 (76%) females (p<0.04). There was also significant difference between mean serum zinc level in male and female patients (p<0.03). Out of 77 (65%) hypozincaemic patients, 69 (90%) recovered, while 08 (10%) failed to recover) during their hospital stay (p<0.33). Of the 69 who recovered, 29 (42%) patients did so in less than 2 weeks, while 40 (58%) patients recovered in more than 02 weeks.
Serum zinc level was found to be low in patients with pneumonia.
测定肺炎患者的血清锌水平。
2008年9月至2009年2月在巴基斯坦海得拉巴的利亚卡特大学医院开展了描述性横断面研究。所有12岁以上且已被诊断为肺炎的男女患者均进一步评估其血清锌状态。数据通过SPSS 10.00进行分析，p<0.05被认为具有统计学意义。
该研究中118例患者的平均年龄为25.64±6.53岁。平均血清锌水平为8.279±2.77 mmol/L，而锌水平低和正常的患者的平均血清锌水平分别为6.740±1.47 mmol/L和13.243±1.52 mmol/L（p<0.001）。72名男性中有42名（58%）血清锌水平低，46名女性中有35名（76%）血清锌水平低（p<0.04）。男性和女性患者的平均血清锌水平之间也存在显著差异（p<0.03）。在77名（65%）低锌血症患者中，69名（90%）在住院期间康复，而8名（10%）未康复（p<0.33）。在69名康复的患者中，29名（42%）患者在不到2周内康复，而40名（58%）患者在超过2周后康复。
发现肺炎患者的血清锌水平较低。
