Key result
Pathological electrocardiographic changes during measles infection were observed in 16.7% of adults compared to less than 0.5% of children, and were mostly transient.
Why the study?
What is the frequency and duration of pathological electrocardiographic changes in children and adults with measles?
Observational (n=451)
What is the frequency and duration of pathological electrocardiographic changes in children and adults with measles?
Pathological electrocardiographic changes during measles infection are rare in children but occur in approximately 16.7% of adults, and are typically transient.
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May prompt ECG consideration in adult measles; leaves open clinical significance in this Level 3 cohort.
Summary In a study of measles, 451 cases were examined electrocardiographically. Of these 409 were children and 42 were adults; pathological electrocardiographic changes were found in 2 of the children (that is to say less than 1/2 per cent), but in no less than 7 cases in the adults (16.7 per cent). The changes were of a transient nature and lasted on an average 2–3 weeks, except in one case in which a right bundle branch block arose in a 2‐year‐old child and was still present one year later.
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Bengtsson et al. (1954) conducted an observational in Measles (n=451). Adult age vs. Childhood age was evaluated on Pathological electrocardiographic changes. Pathological electrocardiographic changes during measles infection were observed in 16.7% of adults compared to less than 0.5% of children, and were mostly transient.
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