Clinical hypoxemia score for outpatient child pneumonia care lacking pulse oximetry in Africa and South Asia

Clinical hypoxemia score for outpatient child pneumonia care lacking pulse oximetry in Africa and South Asia

BackgroundPulse oximeters are not routinely available in outpatient clinics in low- and middle-income countries. We derived clinical scores to identify hypoxemic child pneumonia.MethodsThis was a retrospective pooled analysis of two outpatient datasets of 3–35 month olds with World Health Organizati...

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Main Authors: Holly B. Schuh, Shubhada Hooli, Salahuddin Ahmed, Carina King, Arunangshu D. Roy, Norman Lufesi, ASMD Ashraful Islam, Tisungane Mvalo, Nabidul H. Chowdhury, Amy Sarah Ginsburg, Tim Colbourn, William Checkley, Abdullah H. Baqui, Eric D. McCollum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
hypoxia
clinical decision rules
pediatrics
primary health care
low-income countries
respiratory tract infection (RTI)
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2023.1233532/full

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