Early identification and treatment of pneumonia: A call to action

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages e12-e13

  Kallander, Karin ^a,b   Burgess, Deborah H ^c   Qazi, Shamim A ^d  

^a MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Kimataifa Diagnostics and Devices Consulting   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FATALITY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NON INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR; NOTE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84952876710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00272-7     Document Type: Note

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