title: Complications of severe lower respiratory tract infections in Singapore children.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Chay
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hiew
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Foo
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: 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