Severe pneumonia in a remote hilly area: Integrated management of childhood illness

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-37

  Bharti, Bhavneet ^a,b   Bharti, Sahul ^a   Verma, Vandna ^a  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chest radiograph; Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI); Severe pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRACTICE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OXYGEN DELIVERY DEVICE; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL DEFECT; VACCINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33745947891     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02758257     Document Type: Article

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