Prevalence and correlates of treatment failure among Kenyan children hospitalised with severe community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective study of the clinical effectiveness of WHO pneumonia case management guidelines

OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent and pattern of treatment failure (TF) among children hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia at a large tertiary hospital in Kenya. METHODS: We followed up children aged 2–59 months with WHO-defined severe pneumonia (SP) and very severe pneumonia (VSP) for u...

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Autores principales: Agweyu, Ambrose, Kibore, Minnie, Digolo, Lina, Kosgei, Caroline, Maina, Virginia, Mugane, Samson, Muma, Sarah, Wachira, John, Waiyego, Mary, Maleche-Obimbo, Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Paediatric Pneumonia
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25130866
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12368

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