Acute respiratory infection and pneumonia in India: A systematic review of literature for advocacy and action: UNICEF-PHFI series on newborn and child health, India

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-218

  Mathew, Joseph L ^a   Patwari, Ashok K ^b   Gupta, Piyush ^c   Shah, Dheeraj ^c   Gera, Tarun ^d   Gogia, Siddhartha ^e   Mohan, Pavitra ^f   Panda, Rajmohan ^g   Menon, Subhadra ^g  

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

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d FORTIS HOSPITAL   (India)

^e Max Hospital   (India)

^f UNICEF   (United States)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Action; Advocacy; ARI; Child health; Pneumonia; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; PENICILLIN G; PLACEBO; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROUP; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEASLES VACCINATION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYCOPLASMA; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 79958100198     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-011-0051-8     Document Type: Review

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