A 4 year prospective study to determine risk factors for severe community acquired pneumonia in children in southern China

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 390-397

  Zhang, Qingli ^a,b   Guo, Zhongqin ^c   Bai, Zhenjiang ^b   MacDonald, Noni E ^d  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

acute lower respiratory tract infection; children; China; Community acquired pneumonia; developing country; hospitalized; intensive care; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING RATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHINA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884211507     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.22608     Document Type: Article

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