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Assessment of clinical criteria for identification of severe acute lower respiratory tract infections in children.
- Source :
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Lancet (London, England) [Lancet] 1989 Feb 11; Vol. 1 (8633), pp. 297-9. - Publication Year :
- 1989
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Abstract
- 222 acute lower respiratory tract infections (LRI), as defined by the World Health Organisation, were identified during one year's surveillance of a cohort of 500 Gambian children aged 0 to 4 years. Symptoms and signs at presentation were related to radiological evidence of lobar consolidation, indicating severe LRI. In infants, a fever of greater than 38.5 degrees C, refusal to breast-feed, or the presence of vomiting were the best predictors of severe LRI. In children aged 1 to 4 years, a fever of greater than 38.5 degrees C or a respiratory rate greater than 60/min were the most accurate clinical signs for severe LRI. Chest indrawing did not discriminate severe LRI. These community-based findings differ from results of hospital-based studies.
- Subjects :
- Acute Disease
Breast Feeding
Child, Preschool
Community Health Workers
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Fever etiology
Gambia
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal diagnostic imaging
Radiography
Respiration
Respiratory Tract Infections diagnostic imaging
Respiratory Tract Infections mortality
Rural Population
Vomiting etiology
World Health Organization
Respiratory Tract Infections diagnosis
Severity of Illness Index
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0140-6736
- Volume :
- 1
- Issue :
- 8633
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Lancet (London, England)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 2563457
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(89)91308-1