Pneumonia in ventilated babies in an emerging country: Clinical features, aetiology and short-term outcome
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2000
Authors
Kling S.
Gie R.P.
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Abstract
Forty-four babies (<6 months) with pneumonia admitted for ventilation to a paediatric ICU serving a low-income community, were studied. Twenty-three per cent had been ventilated during the neonatal period and three had bronchopulmonary dysplasia. The median duration of symptoms was 1.5 days; 45 per cent presented with apnoea. Five babies (11 per cent) died. Blood cultures were positive in six children (14 per cent). Viruses were cultured in 13 children (30 per cent).
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apnea, article, aspiration, assisted ventilation, bacterial infection, blood culture, clinical article, clinical feature, controlled study, disease duration, hospital department, human, infant, lowest income group, lung dysplasia, newborn, newborn intensive care, newborn mortality, newborn period, pneumonia, symptomatology, virus culture, virus infection, Aged, Antibiotics, Developing Countries, Female, Human, Incidence, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Intensive Care Units, Pediatric, Male, Pneumonia, Viral, Prospective Studies, Respiration, Artificial, Severity of Illness Index, South Africa, Survival Rate, Treatment Outcome
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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
46
5
46
5