Observational follow-up study following two cohorts of children with severe pneumonia after discharge from day care clinic/hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Ashraf, Hasan ^a   Alam, Nur H ^a   Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer ^a   Salam, Mohammed Abdus ^a   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^a   Gyr, Niklaus ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DAY CARE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; SURVIVAL; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84865119709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-000961     Document Type: Article

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