Post-discharge mortality in children with severe malnutrition and pneumonia in Bangladesh.

BACKGROUND: Post-discharge mortality among children with severe illness in resource-limited settings is under-recognized and there are limited data. We evaluated post-discharge mortality in a recently reported cohort of children with severe malnutrition and pneumonia, and identified characteristics...

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Main Authors: Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Stephen M Graham, Trevor Duke, Tahmeed Ahmed, Abu Syed Golam Faruque, Hasan Ashraf, Pradip Kumar Bardhan, Abu S M S B Shahid, K M Shahunja, Mohammed Abdus Salam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4167196?pdf=render