Risk factors for pneumonia mortality in under-five children in a tertiary care hospital of Darjeeling district of West Bengal: A prospective case-control study

• Main Authors: Sumanta Chakraborty (Author), Abhijit Mukherjee (Author), Sharmistha Bhattacherjee (Author), Rahul Majumdar (Author), Mridula Chatterjee (Author), Samir Dasgupta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Among children admitted with pneumonia, several modifiable predictors have been identified for deaths in children in hospitals. Despite the presence of a several national programs designed to address most of the risk factors directly or indirectly it is surprising that they continue to b...