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Impact of pulse oximetry on hospital referral acceptance in children under 5 with severe pneumonia in rural Pakistan (district Jamshoro): protocol for a cluster randomised trial

BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is a leading cause of death among children under 5 specifically in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Hypoxaemia is a life-threatening complication among children under 5 with pneumonia. Hypoxaemia increases risk of mortality by 4.3 times in children with pneumonia than those w...

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Autores principales: Mir, Fatima, Ali Nathwani, Apsara, Chanar, Suhail, Hussain, Amjad, Rizvi, Arjumand, Ahmed, Imran, Memon, Zahid Ali, Habib, Atif, Soofi, Sajid, Bhutta, Zulfiqar Ahmed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8451312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34535473
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046158