An exploration of mortality risk factors in non-severe pneumonia in children using clinical data from Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of mortality in children younger than 5 years old. Recent updates to World Health Organization pneumonia guidelines recommend outpatient care for a population of children previously classified as high risk. This revision has been challenged by policymakers in Africa, where mortality related to pneumonia is higher than in other regions and often complicated by comorbidities. This study aimed to identify factors that best discriminate inpatient mortality risk in non-severe pneumonia and explore whether these factors offer any added benefit over the current criteria used to identify children with pneumonia requiring inpatient care.

Methods

We undertook a retrospective cohort study of children aged 2-59 months admitt

SUBMITTER: Tuti T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5682642 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature