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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Clinical signs of pneumonia in children
The Lancet, Volume 338, No. 8772, Year 1991
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Description
Clinical and chest radiographic findings were recorded prospectively in 185 children with cough who attended an outpatient clinic in Papua New Guinea. Children were studied if they were between 8 weeks and 6 years of age; patients with wheeze, stridor, measles, or pertussis were excluded. 56 children (30%) had radiological evidence of pneumonia. The presence of either a respiratory rate {succeeds or equal to}50/min or chest indrawing, or of both signs, was a good indication of pneumonia, with a predictive power of 46% for a positive test and 83% for a negative test. A more complex definition of tachypnoea, as a respiratory rate {succeeds or equal to}40/min in children over 12 months old and {succeeds or equal to}50/min in infants, showed little additional diagnostic benefit. © 1991.
Authors & Co-Authors
Harari, M.
Guinea
Goroka Base Hospital
Spooner, Veronica J.
Guinea
Goroka Base Hospital
Meisner, S.
Guinea
Goroka Base Hospital
Carney, M.
Guinea
Goroka Base Hospital
Shann, Frank A.
Australia, Melbourne
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
de Campo, John F.
Australia, Melbourne
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
Statistics
Citations: 6
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0140-6736(91)91785-S
ISSN:
01406736
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Study Locations
Guinea