Katherine E Gallagher, Juliet O Awori, Maria D Knoll, Julia Rhodes, Melissa M Higdon, Laura L Hammitt, Christine Prosperi, Henry C Baggett, W Abdullah Brooks, Nicholas Fancourt, Daniel R Feikin, Stephen R C Howie, Karen L Kotloff, Milagritos D Tapia, Orin S Levine, Shabir A Madhi, David R Murdoch, Katherine L O'Brien, Donald M Thea, Vicky L Baillie, Bernard E Ebruke, Alice Kamau, David P Moore, Lawrence Mwananyanda, Emmanuel O Olutunde, Phil Seidenberg, Samba O Sow, Somsak Thamthitiwat, J Anthony G Scott
INTRODUCTION: In 2012, the World Health Organization revised treatment guidelines for childhood pneumonia with lower chest wall indrawing (LCWI) but no 'danger signs', to recommend home-based treatment. We analysed data from children hospitalized with LCWI pneumonia in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) study to identify sub-groups with high odds of mortality, who might continue to benefit from hospital management but may not be admitted by staff implementing the 2012 guidelines...
2024: PloS One