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- Title
Pneumonia in severely malnourished children in developing countries - mortality risk, aetiology and validity of WHO clinical signs: a systematic review.
- Authors
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer; Tebruegge, Marc; La Vincente, Sophie; Graham, Stephen M; Duke, Trevor
- Abstract
To quantify the degree by which moderate and severe degrees of malnutrition increase the mortality risk in pneumonia, to identify potential differences in the aetiology of pneumonia between children with and without severe malnutrition, and to evaluate the validity of WHO-recommended clinical signs (age-specific fast breathing and chest wall indrawing) for the diagnosis of pneumonia in severely malnourished children.
- Publication
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH, 2009, Vol 14, Issue 10, p1173
- ISSN
1365-3156
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02364.x