FEATURES OF ACUTE MYOCARDITIS IN CHILDREN IN THE BACKGROUND OF PNEUMONIA

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of carnitine in the treatment and prevention of myocarditis in children. We examined 120 children aged from 6 months to 7 years with pneumonia, whom we divided into 2 groups. Group I (control) included 60 children who were on standard treatment. Group II (main) included 60 sick children with pneumonia who had disorders of the cardiovascular system, the presence of which was confirmed by instrumental methods. The results obtained emphasize that against the background of community-acquired pneumonia, all symptoms of acute heart failure are masked, the cause of which in most cases is acute coronary insufficiency; changes in the heart muscle with this pathology in children increase the risk of severe undesirable complications from the heart.