Day-care management of severe and very severe pneumonia, without associated co-morbidities such as severe malnutrition, in an urban health clinic in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 490-494

  Ashraf, H ^a   Jahan, S A ^a   Alam, N H ^a   Mahmud, R ^a   Kamal, S M ^b   Salam, M A ^a   Gyr, N ^c  

^a ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b Radda MCH FP Centre   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DAY CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARENT; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE PNEUMONIA; VERY SEVERE PNEUMONIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DAY CARE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 45549087129     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.118877     Document Type: Article

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