Mortality after Inpatient Treatment for Severe Pneumonia in Children: a Cohort Study

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 233-242

  Ngari, Moses M ^a,b   Fegan, Greg ^a,c   Mwangome, Martha K ^a,b   Ngama, Mwanajuma J ^a   Mturi, Neema ^a   Scott, John Anthony Gerard ^a,d   Bauni, Evasius ^a   Nokes, David James ^a,e   Berkley, James A ^a,b,f  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b The Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network (CHAIN)   (Kenya)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children; mortality; post discharge; severe pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODY TEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; KENYA; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PNEUMONIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85016617415     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12348     Document Type: Article

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