Harish Kumar, Enisha Sarin, Prasant Saboth, Avinash Jaiswal, Nidhi Chaudhary, Jaya Swarup Mohanty, Nitin Bisht, Shailendra Singh Tomar, Anil Gupta, Ranjan Panda, Rachana Patel, Arvind Kumar, Sachin Gupta, Varun Alwadhi
Objectives: To address pneumonia, a major killer of under-5 children in India, a multimodal pulse oximeter was implemented in Health and Wellness Centers. Given the evidence of pulse oximetry in effective pneumonia management and taking into account the inadequate skills of front-line healthcare workers in case management, the device was introduced to help them readily diagnose and treat a child and to examine usability of the device. Design: The implementation was integrated with the routine OPD of primary health centers for 15 months after healthcare workers were provided with an abridged IMNCI training...
2021: Clinical Medicine Insights. Pediatrics