Cardiovascular abnormalities in chest radiographs of children with pneumonia, Uganda

To describe chest radiograph findings among children hospitalized with clinically diagnosed severe pneumonia and hypoxaemia at three tertiary facilities in Uganda. The study involved clinical and radiograph data on a random sample of 375 children aged 28 days to 12 years enrolled in the Children...

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Veröffentlicht in:Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2023-03, Vol.101 (3), p.202-210
Hauptverfasser: Nabawanuka, Eva, Ameda, Faith, Erem, Geoffrey, Bugeza, Samuel, Opoka, R O, Kiguli, Sarah, Amorut, Denis, Aloroker, Florence, Olupot-Olupot, P, Mnjalla, Hellen, Mpoya, Ayub, Maitland, Kathryn
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Zusammenfassung:To describe chest radiograph findings among children hospitalized with clinically diagnosed severe pneumonia and hypoxaemia at three tertiary facilities in Uganda. The study involved clinical and radiograph data on a random sample of 375 children aged 28 days to 12 years enrolled in the Children's Oxygen Administration Strategies Trial in 2017. Children were hospitalized with a history of respiratory illness and respiratory distress complicated by hypoxaemia, defined as a peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO )
ISSN:0042-9686
1564-0604
1564-0604
DOI:10.2471/BLT.22.288801