Characterisation of children hospitalised with pneumonia in central Vietnam: A prospective study.

CONCLUSION: Few hospital admissions met WHO criteria for "severe pneumonia", suggesting potential unnecessary hospitalisation and use of intravenous antibiotics. Better characterisation of the underlying diagnosis requires careful consideration. PMID: 30956212 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30956212?dopt=Abstract

Source: Respiratory Care - April 6, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Nguyen PTK, Tran HT, Fitzgerald DA, Tran TS, Graham SM, Marais BJ Tags: Eur Respir J Source Type: research