Randomized controlled trial of day care versus hospital care of severe pneumonia in Bangladesh

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Ashraf, Hasan ^a   Mahmud, Rokhsana ^a   Alam, Nur H ^a   Jahan, Selina A ^a   Kamal, Syed M ^b   Haque, Fazlul ^c   Salam, Mohammed A ^a   Gyr, Niklaus ^d  

^a ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b Radda Maternal and Child Health Family Planning Centre   (Bangladesh)

^c Institute of Child and Mother Health Dhaka bd   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Day care clinic; Hospital care; Severe pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OXYGEN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BANGLADESH; CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OXYGEN; PNEUMONIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957695309     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-3631     Document Type: Article

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