The definition of pneumonia, the assessment of severity, and clinical standardization in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health study.

To develop a case definition for the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) project, we sought a widely acceptable classification that was linked to existing pneumonia research and focused on very severe cases. We began with the World Health Organization's classification of severe...

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Main Authors: Scott, J, Wonodi, C, Moïsi, J, Deloria-Knoll, M, DeLuca, A, Karron, R, Bhat, N, Murdoch, DR, Crawley, J, Levine, O, O'Brien, K, Feikin, DR
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012