Clinical hypoxemia score for outpatient child pneumonia care lacking pulse oximetry in Africa and South Asia

• Main Authors: Holly B. Schuh (Author), Shubhada Hooli (Author), Salahuddin Ahmed (Author), Carina King (Author), Arunangshu D. Roy (Author), Norman Lufesi (Author), ASMD Ashraful Islam (Author), Tisungane Mvalo (Author), Nabidul H. Chowdhury (Author), Amy Sarah Ginsburg (Author), Tim Colbourn (Author), William Checkley (Author), Abdullah H. Baqui (Author), Eric D. McCollum (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundPulse oximeters are not routinely available in outpatient clinics in low- and middle-income countries. We derived clinical scores to identify hypoxemic child pneumonia.MethodsThis was a retrospective pooled analysis of two outpatient datasets of 3-35 month olds with World Health Organizati...