Can we distinguish pneumonia from wheezy diseases in tachypnoeic children under low-resource conditions? A prospective observational study in four Indian hospitals

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 899-906

  Gowraiah, Vishwanath ^a   Awasthi, Shally ^b   Kapoor, Rashmi ^c   Sahana, Devdas ^d   Venkatesh, Pushpalatha ^e   Gangadhar, Belvadi ^d   Awasthi, Aradhana ^c   Verma, Anilkumar ^b   Pai, Nanditha ^d   Seear, Michael ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Regency Hospital   (India)

^d Bangalore Medical College and Research Centre ^*  (India)

^e Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospitals   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TACHYPNEA; WHEEZING; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INDIAN; INFANT; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; POVERTY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WHEEZY DISEASES;

CHILDREN; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PNEUMONIA; WHEEZY DISEASES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TACHYPNEA;

EID: 84908043573     PISSN: 17430585     EISSN: 17430593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305740     Document Type: Review

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