Risk factors for mortality in community-acquired pneumonia among children aged 1-59 months admitted in a referral hospital

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 889-895

  Ramachandran, Padmanabhan ^a   Nedunchelian, Krishnamoorthi ^a   Vengatesan, Appasamy ^a   Suresh, Saradha ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (India)

Author keywords

Case fatality rate; Children; Community acquired pneumonia; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; THORAX DEFORMITY; WHEEZING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874418952     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-012-0221-3     Document Type: Article

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