Incidence of Pneumonia and Predictors Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Children at Public Health Institutions in the Northwest Part of Ethiopia: Multicenter Retrospective Follow-Up Study.
Teshale MengeshaTsegasew EmbialeMolla AzmerawGashaw KerebehSileshi MulatuFentahun MeseretMinyichil Birhanu BeletePublished in: Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics (2022)
Pneumonia incidence rate was high. Providing prophylaxis and nutritional supplementation for those children with baseline advanced disease stage, low weight for age and detectable viral load would reduce pneumonia occurrence.
Keyphrases
- human immunodeficiency virus
- public health
- hepatitis c virus
- young adults
- risk factors
- antiretroviral therapy
- cross sectional
- hiv infected
- body mass index
- risk assessment
- community acquired pneumonia
- weight loss
- physical activity
- hiv aids
- hiv positive
- clinical trial
- weight gain
- body weight
- global health
- double blind
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation