Risk factors for death among children aged 5-14 years hospitalised with pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study in Kenya.
Liana MacphersonMorris OgeroSamuel AkechJalemba AluvaalaDavid GatharaGrace IrimuMike EnglishAmbrose AgweyuPublished in: BMJ global health (2019)
Children >5 years have high inpatient pneumonia mortality. These findings also suggest that the WHO criteria for classification of severity for children under 5 years do not appear to be a valid tool for risk assessment in this older age group, indicating the urgent need for evidence-based clinical guidelines for this neglected population.