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Effect of case management on neonatal mortality due to sepsis and pneumonia. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Each year almost one million newborns die from infections, mostly in low-income countries. Timely case management would save many lives but the relative mortality effect of varying strategies is unknown.
Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Black, Robert, Cousens, Simon, Ganatra, Hammad A, Lawn, Joy E, Lee, Anne CC, Syed, Sana, Zaidi, Anita KM   +7 more
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Inter-hospital variation in the utilization of diagnostics and their proportionality in the management of adult community-acquired pneumonia

Pneumonia, 2018
Background Utilization of diagnostics and biomarkers are the second largest cost drivers in the management of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
Stefan M. T. Vestjens, Esther Wittermans, Simone M. C. Spoorenberg, Jan C. Grutters, Charlotte A. van Ruitenbeek, G. Paul Voorn, Willem Jan W. Bos, Ewoudt M. W. van de Garde   +7 more
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Effect of prophylactic administration of antipyretics on the immune response to pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in children: a systematic review

Pneumonia, 2021
Background Prophylactic administration of antipyretics at the time of immunization seems to decrease some side effects, however reduced immune responses have been reported in some studies.
Eleni Koufoglou, Georgia Kourlaba, Athanasios Michos   +2 more
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia. An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2019
Background: This document provides evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on the management of adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Methods: A multidisciplinary panel conducted pragmatic systematic reviews of the relevant research and ...
J. Metlay, G. Waterer, Ann C. Long, A. Anzueto, J. Brożek, K. Crothers, L. Cooley, N. Dean, M. Fine, S. Flanders, M. Griffin, M. Metersky, D. Musher, M. Restrepo, C. Whitney   +14 more
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HIV infection is associated with elevated biomarkers of immune activation in Ugandan adults with pneumonia. [PDF]

, 2019
IntroductionPneumonia is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. How immune activation differs among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected adults with pneumonia is unknown.MethodsThe ...
Byanyima, Patrick, Chang, Emily G, Crothers, Kristina, Davis, J Lucian, Huang, Laurence, Hunt, Peter W, Kaswabuli, Sylvia, Lalitha, Rejani, Lederman, Michael M, Lin, Jue, Moisi, Daniela, Moore, Julia, Musisi, Emmanuel, Sanyu, Ingvar, Sessolo, Abdulwahab, Wang, Richard J, Worodria, William   +16 more
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Encouraging rational antibiotic use in childhood pneumonia: a focus on Vietnam and the Western Pacific Region

Pneumonia, 2017
Globally, pneumonia is considered to be the biggest killer of infants and young children (aged
Nguyen T. K. Phuong, Tran T. Hoang, Pham H. Van, Lolyta Tu, Stephen M. Graham, Ben J. Marais   +5 more
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Predictors of mortality for patients with COVID-19 pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2: a prospective cohort study

European Respiratory Journal, 2020
The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with the death of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
R. Du, Li-Rong Liang, Chengqing Yang, Wen Wang, T. Cao, Ming Li, Guangyun Guo, Juan Du, Chunlan Zheng, Qi Zhu, Ming Hu, Xu-yan Li, P. Peng, Huanzhong Shi   +13 more
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Tocilizumab in Hospitalized Patients with Severe Covid-19 Pneumonia

New England Journal of Medicine, 2021
Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is associated with immune dysregulation and hyperinflammation, including elevated interleukin-6 levels.
I. Rosas, N. Bräu, M. Waters, Ronaldo C. Go, B. Hunter, S. Bhagani, D. Skiest, M. Aziz, N. Cooper, I. Douglas, S. Savic, T. Youngstein, L. Del Sorbo, Antonio Cubillo Gracian, D. J. De La Zerda, A. Ustianowski, M. Bao, S. Dimonaco, Emily Graham, B. Matharu, H. Spotswood, L. Tsai, A. Malhotra   +22 more
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Clinical algorithm reduces antibiotic use among children presenting with respiratory symptoms to hospital in central Vietnam

Pneumonia, 2023
Objective To assess the safety and utility of a pragmatic clinical algorithm to guide rational antibiotic use in children presenting with respiratory infection. Methods The effect of an algorithm to guide the management of young (
Phuong TK Nguyen, Tam TM Nguyen, Lan TB Huynh, Stephen M Graham, Ben J Marais   +4 more
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A pragmatic, multi-centered, stepped wedge, cluster randomized controlled trial pilot of the clinical and cost effectiveness of a complex Stroke Oral healthCare intervention pLan Evaluation II (SOCLE II) compared with usual oral healthcare in stroke wards [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND: Patients with stroke-associated pneumonia experience poorer outcomes (increased hospital stays, costs, discharge dependency, and risk of death).
Bain, Brenda Jean, Barr, John, Bowers, Naomi, Brady, Marian C., Chalmers, Campbell, Colins, Marissa, Gray, Heather, Keerie, Catriona, Langhorne, Peter, Pollock, Alex, Stott, David J., Sweeney, Petrina, Weir, Christopher J.   +12 more
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