Mortality and its risk factors in Malawian children admitted to hospital with clinical pneumonia, 2001–12: a retrospective observational study

Autor: Dr. Marzia Lazzerini, PhD, Nadine Seward, PhD, Norman Lufesi, MPhil, Rosina Banda, BScNE, Sophie Sinyeka, MSc, Gibson Masache, MSc, Bejoy Nambiar, MPH, Charles Makwenda, MSc, Prof. Anthony Costello, FMedSci, Eric D McCollum, MD, Dr. Tim Colbourn, PhD
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: The Lancet Global Health, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp e57-e68 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2214-109X
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00215-6
Popis: Background: Few studies have reported long-term data on mortality rates for children admitted to hospital with pneumonia in Africa. We examined trends in case fatality rates for all-cause clinical pneumonia and its risk factors in Malawian children between 2001 and 2012. Methods: Individual patient data for children (
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