Predictors and outcome of hypoxemia in severely malnourished children under five with pneumonia: a case control design.

There is lack of information in the medical literature on predictors of hypoxemia in severely malnourished children with pneumonia, although hypoxemia is common and is often associated with fatal outcome in this population. We explored the predictors of hypoxemia in under-five children who were hosp...

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Main Authors: Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Mohammed Abdus Salam, Hasan Ashraf, Abu S G Faruque, Pradip Kumar Bardhan, Abu S M S B Shahid, K M Shahunja, Sumon Kumar Das, Tahmeed Ahmed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3540031?pdf=render