Complications of severe lower respiratory tract infections in Singapore children.
Over one year period, 240 children with severe lower respiratory infection was admitted to a general paediatric department. The mortality was 1.6%. Apart from pleural effusions and skin exanthems, several major complications were noted. These were septicaemia (1), apnoea (2), encephalopathy (3), meningitis (1), Stevens Johnson Syndrome (1), bronchiectasis (1) and lung abscess (1).
Chay
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Department of Paediatrics, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
Hiew
J
J
Tan
C K
CK
Foo
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Lim
K W
KW
Cheng
H K
HK
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012846:Singapore / Q000453:epidemiology