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An exploration of mortality risk factors in non-severe pneumonia in children using population-based clinical data from Kenya.
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Childhood pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of mortality in children aged less than five years, with 96% of the incidences worldwide each year occurring in LMICs where based on severity, <13% of these cases are deemed life-threatening and require hospitalisation. Recent updates to guidelines provided by World Health Organisation’s to guide management of pneumonia recommend outpatient care for a population of children previously classified as high risk. This ...
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- 10.1186/s12916-017-0963-9
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- 15
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- 201
- Publication date:
- 2017-06-01
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- 2017-06-02
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1549-1676
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1549-1277
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