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Factors associated with severe disease from malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea among children in rural Tanzania – A hospital-based cross-sectional study [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2012
Background Mild cases of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea are readily treatable with complete recovery and with inexpensive and widely available first-line drugs.
Kahabuka Catherine, Kvåle Gunnar, Hinderaker Sven   +2 more
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Glucocorticosteroid in Treatment of Severe Pneumonia [PDF]

Mediators of Inflammation, 2013
Airway diseases such as pneumonia constitute a major health burden on a global scale; untreated pneumonia may develop to severe pneumonia and consequently lead to to fatal episodes of mortality and morbidity. The balance between inflammatory mediators is key for the outcome of the pulmonary infection; elimination of invading pathogen was marked by the ...
Felinda Ariani, Kaixiong Liu, Zhang Jing, Jieming Qu   +3 more
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Burden of Severe Pneumonia, Pneumococcal Pneumonia and Pneumonia Deaths in Indian States: Modelling Based Estimates. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
The burden of severe pneumonia in terms of morbidity and mortality is unknown in India especially at sub-national level. In this context, we aimed to estimate the number of severe pneumonia episodes, pneumococcal pneumonia episodes and pneumonia deaths ...
Habib Farooqui, Mark Jit, David L Heymann, Sanjay Zodpey   +3 more
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Factors associated with community acquired severe pneumonia among under five children in Dhaka, Bangladesh: A case control analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2022
BackgroundPneumonia is the leading cause of death in children globally with the majority of these deaths observed in resource-limited settings. Globally, the annual incidence of clinical pneumonia in under-five children is approximately 152 million ...
Sabiha Nasrin, Md Tariqujjaman, Marufa Sultana, Rifat A Zaman, Shahjahan Ali, Mohammod J Chisti, Abu S G Faruque, Tahmeed Ahmed, George J Fuchs, Niklaus Gyr, Nur H Alam   +10 more
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Defining Severe Pneumonia [PDF]

Clinics in Chest Medicine, 2011
Pneumonia is an important clinical and public health problem. Identification and prediction of severe pneumonia are significant concerns. Attempts to define severe pneumonia should recognize that different purposes are served by different definitions; no single definition meets all needs.
Samuel M, Brown, Nathan C, Dean
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Тhe features of severe community acquired pneumonia [PDF]

Medičnì Perspektivi, 2015
Based on data from a prospective analysis for the year of observation, the article presents information about the features of severe community acquired pneumonia in patients who were hospitalized at the department of pulmonology (or therapy), as well as ...
Avramenko I.V.
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Factors associated with severe childhood community-acquired pneumonia: a retrospective study from two hospitals

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette, 2022
Background Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of death in children globally. Indonesia is ranked 1st in South East Asia with the highest burden of pneumonia.
Michelle Patricia Muljono, Glenny Halim, Rivaldo Steven Heriyanto, Fellisa Meliani, Charista Lydia Budiputri, Maria Gabrielle Vanessa, Andraina, Andry Juliansen, Gilbert Sterling Octavius   +8 more
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SEVERE PNEUMONIA;

The Professional Medical Journal, 2018
Background: The signs and symptoms of pneumonia are often nonspecificand widely vary based on the patient’s age and the infectious organisms involved. IMNCI hasimproved case improved diagnose of pneumonia. This study was conducted to study thefrequency of correctly diagnosed cases of severe pneumonia by IMNCI classification in childrenbetween 2 – 59 ...
Asim Amjad, Ubaid ullah, Iqbal Ahmad Azhar   +2 more
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Biomarkers of host response predict primary end-point radiological pneumonia in Tanzanian children with clinical pneumonia : a prospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2015
Diagnosing pediatric pneumonia is challenging in low-resource settings. The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined primary end-point radiological pneumonia for use in epidemiological and vaccine studies.
Nimerta Rajwans, Philipina Hongoa (795097), Kevin C Kain, Kyla Hayford (795094), Mary Kilowoko (795095), Hongoa, P., Laura K. Erdman (355452), Nimerta Rajwans (202154), Kyungu, Esther, Kyla Hayford, David L. Streiner (355456), Hayford, Kyla, Leonor Alamo, Laura K Erdman, Mary Kilowoko, Blaise Genton, Rajwans, Nimerta, Alamo, Leonor, Valérie D’Acremont (729622), Hayford, K., Esther Kyungu, Erdman, L.K., Genton, Blaise, Streiner, David L., Leonor Alamo (795098), Alamo, L., Valérie D'Acremont, Kevin C. Kain (63269), David L Streiner, Kyungu, E., Kain, Kevin C., Kain, K.C., Hongoa, Philipina, D'Acremont, Valérie, Erdman, Laura K., Rajwans, N., D'Acremont, V., Kilowoko, M., Philipina Hongoa, Blaise Genton (67109), Kilowoko, Mary, Genton, B., Esther Kyungu (795096), Streiner, D.L.   +43 more
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Severe Pneumonia in the Elderly

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 1994
The elderly are more susceptible to pneumonia and more likely to die from this infection than younger populations. Older patients with pneumonia requiring hospitalization are more likely to develop complications necessitating longer hospital stays.
A M, Fein, M S, Niederman
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