Predictors of duration and treatment failure of severe pneumonia in hospitalized young Nepalese children.
Pneumonia in young children is still the most frequent cause of death in developing countries. We aimed to identify predictors for recovery and treatment failure in children hospitalized with severe pneumonia.We enrolled 610 Nepalese children, aged 2 - 35 months from February 2006 to June 2008. Stud...
Main Authors: | Sudha Basnet, Arun Sharma, Maria Mathisen, Prakash Sunder Shrestha, Ram Kumar Ghimire, Dhiraj Man Shrestha, Palle Valentiner-Branth, Halvor Sommerfelt, Tor A Strand |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4370861?pdf=render |
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