Outcome and management of children with chest indrawing pneumonia at primary health care settings in Pakistan: an observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pneumonia is a major cause of childhood mortality in Pakistan. In 2019, the Government of Pakistan revised the national Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) chart booklet, following the World Health Organization's recommendation for outpatient management with oral antibiotics of children aged 2-59 months with chest indrawing pneumonia. We aimed to assess the outcomes of children aged 2-59 months with chest indrawing pneumonia in programme setting of Pakistan.

Methods

This was a prospective observational cohort study in three primary health care facilities in Thatta district, Sindh province. We screened children aged 2-59 months who presented with cough and/or difficult breathing, and recruited those classified with chest indrawing pneumonia according

SUBMITTER: Suhag ZH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11952181 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature