Evaluating the impact of pulse oximetry on childhood pneumonia mortality in resource-poor settings

Nature

Volumn 528, Issue 7580, 2015, Pages S53-S59

  Floyd, Jessica ^a   Wu, Lindsey ^a,b   Hay Burgess, Deborah ^c   Izadnegahdar, Rasa ^c   Mukanga, David ^c   Ghani, Azra C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OXYGEN;

ANTIBIOTICS; CHILD HEALTH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HYPOXIA; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; OXYGEN; PNEUMONIA;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ANOXIA; COMPLICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INCIDENCE; OXIMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTILIZATION;

ANOXIA; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PNEUMONIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84949294652     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature16043     Document Type: Article

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