Pneumonia in ventilated babies in an emerging country: clinical features, aetiology and short-term outcome.
Forty-four babies (< 6 months) with pneumonia admitted for ventilation to a paediatric ICU serving a low-income community, were studied. Twenty-three per cent had been ventilated during the neonatal period and three had bronchopulmonary dysplasia. The median duration of symptoms was 1.5 days; 45 per cent presented with apnoea. Five babies (11 per cent) died. Blood cultures were positive in six children (14 per cent). Viruses were cultured in 13 children (30 per cent).
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Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Tygerberg Hospital and University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. sk@gerga.sun.ac.za
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D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008297:Male; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents