Mortality and its risk factors in Malawian children admitted to hospital with clinical pneumonia, 2001–12: a retrospective observational study

Mortality and its risk factors in Malawian children admitted to hospital with clinical pneumonia, 2001–12: a retrospective observational study

Background: Few studies have reported long-term data on mortality rates for children admitted to hospital with pneumonia in Africa. We examined trends in case fatality rates for all-cause clinical pneumonia and its risk factors in Malawian children between 2001 and 2012. Methods: Individual patient...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dr. Marzia Lazzerini, PhD, Nadine Seward, PhD, Norman Lufesi, MPhil, Rosina Banda, BScNE, Sophie Sinyeka, MSc, Gibson Masache, MSc, Bejoy Nambiar, MPH, Charles Makwenda, MSc, Prof. Anthony Costello, FMedSci, Eric D McCollum, MD, Dr. Tim Colbourn, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X15002156

Internet

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X15002156

Similar Items