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

• मुख्य लेखकों: Dr. Marzia Lazzerini, PhD (लेखक), Nadine Seward, PhD (लेखक), Norman Lufesi, MPhil (लेखक), Rosina Banda, BScNE (लेखक), Sophie Sinyeka, MSc (लेखक), Gibson Masache, MSc (लेखक), Bejoy Nambiar, MPH (लेखक), Charles Makwenda, MSc (लेखक), Prof. Anthony Costello, FMedSci (लेखक), Eric D McCollum, MD (लेखक), Dr. Tim Colbourn, PhD (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Elsevier, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: 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...