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

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

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 associated w...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2014-09, Vol.9 (9), p.e107663-e107663
Hauptverfasser: Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Graham, Stephen M, Duke, Trevor, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Faruque, Abu Syed Golam, Ashraf, Hasan, Bardhan, Pradip Kumar, Shahid, Abu S M S B, Shahunja, K M, Salam, Mohammed Abdus
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Sprache:eng
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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Age
AIDS
Autopsies
Autopsy
Bangladesh - epidemiology
Biology and Life Sciences
Bivariate analysis
Child mortality
Child Nutrition Disorders - complications
Child Nutrition Disorders - epidemiology
Child Nutrition Disorders - mortality
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Childrens health
Communities
Death
Dietary supplements
Discharge
Edema
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Food
Gastrointestinal symptoms
Hospitals
Humans
Identification methods
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infections
Lung diseases
Male
Malnutrition
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mortality
Patient Discharge
Pneumonia
Pneumonia - complications
Pneumonia - epidemiology
Pneumonia - mortality
Severity of Illness Index
Studies
Survival
Tuberculosis
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Zusammenfassung: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 associated with an increased risk of death. Young children (
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0107663