Incidence and Risk Factors for Severe Pneumonia in Children Hospitalized with Pneumonia in Ujjain, India.

ABSTRACT: : Childhood pneumonia is a major public health problem. The aim of this prospective hospital-based study is to determine the incidence and risk factors for community-acquired severe pneumonia in children in Ujjain, India. The study includes 270 children, 161 (60%) boys and 109 (40%) girls, aged between 2 months and 5 years with World Health Organization defined and radiologically confirmed severe pneumonia. Considering the 270 children, 64% (95% confidence interval (CI)57.9-69.4) have severe pneumonia. The following are identified as risk factors for severe pneumonia from the generalized logistic regression model: Born premature (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 7.50; 95% CI 2.22-25.31; p = 0.001); history of measles (AOR 6.35; 95% CI 1.73-23.30; p = 0.005); incomplete vaccination (AOR 2.66; 95%

SUBMITTER: Kasundriya SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7369688 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature