Observational follow-up study following two cohorts of children with severe pneumonia after discharge from day care clinic/hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT: To compare the features of relapse, morbidity, mortality and re-hospitalisation following successful discharge after severe pneumonia in children between a day care group and a hospital group and to explore the predictors of failures during 3 months of follow-up. An observational study following two cohorts of children with severe pneumonia for 3 months after discharge from hospital/clinic. Day care was provided at the Radda Clinic and hospital care at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Children aged 2-59 months with severe pneumonia attending the clinic/hospital who survived to discharge. No intervention was done except providing some medications for minor illnesses, if indicated. The primary outcome measures were the proportion of successes and failures of day care at follow-up visits as d

SUBMITTER: Ashraf H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4400608 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature