Predictors of treatment failure for non-severe childhood pneumonia in developing countries - systematic literature review and expert survey - the first step towards a community focused mHealth risk-assessment tool?

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  McCollum, Eric D ^a,b   King, Carina ^b   Hollowell, Robert ^c   Zhou, Janet ^d   Colbourn, Tim ^b   Nambiar, Bejoy ^b   Mukanga, David ^d   Burgess, Deborah C Hay ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

^d BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood pneumonia; Community health workers; Developing countries; Integrated community case management (iCCM); mHealth; Pediatrics; Predictors; Treatment failure

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PLACEBO; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGE; ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; MOBILE HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMMUNITY CARE; MOBILE APPLICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84936758876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-015-0392-x     Document Type: Article

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