A case report on management of severe childhood pneumonia in low resource settings.

ABSTRACT: Pneumonia is a major cause of child mortality among children under five years, worldwide. Pneumonia infection may be caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi in single or in both lungs. According to recent criteria developed by World Health Organization (WHO) in September (2013), pneumonia can be classified into severe pneumonia, pneumonia and no pneumonia. Most of the deaths occur from severe pneumonia and management of severe childhood pneumonia requires early identification, prompt referral and the availability of intensive quality of care. This case study aimed to represent the actual scenario of severe childhood pneumonia case management at community clinic. Considering that circumstances, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) developed an innovative d

SUBMITTER: Jahan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6129689 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature