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

• Main Authors: Dr. Marzia Lazzerini, PhD (Author), Nadine Seward, PhD (Author), Norman Lufesi, MPhil (Author), Rosina Banda, BScNE (Author), Sophie Sinyeka, MSc (Author), Gibson Masache, MSc (Author), Bejoy Nambiar, MPH (Author), Charles Makwenda, MSc (Author), Prof. Anthony Costello, FMedSci (Author), Eric D McCollum, MD (Author), Dr. Tim Colbourn, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...