Prevalence and factors associated with severe illness in West African children under 5 years of age detected with routine pulse oximetry in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines are symptom-based algorithms used to identify critically ill children under five in primary health centres (PHC) in resource-limited countries. Hypoxaemia, a life-threatening event, is clinically underdiagnosed. The Amélioration de l'Identification des détresses Respiratoires de l'Enfant/Improving Identification of Respiratory Distress in Children (AIRE) project implemented the routine use of pulse oximetry (PO) within IMCI consultations to improve the diagnosis and management of severe hypoxaemia (pulse blood oxygen saturation <90%) at PHC level in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and Niger. In this context, we measured the prevalence of severe cases and their associated social and structural factors among outpa

SUBMITTER: Hedible KGB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12673552 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature