Higher childhood pneumonia admission threshold remains in Lao PDR: an observational study.

Ruth LimMolina ChaummanivongChansathit TaikeophithounAmy GrayAdam W J JenneyVanphanom SychareunCattram NguyenFiona Mary Russell

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood (2022)

Hospitalisation practice for childhood pneumonia in Lao PDR remains more closely aligned with the 2005 WHO IMCI guidelines than the currently implemented 2014 iteration. Compliance with current outpatient antibiotic prescribing guidelines was low.

Keyphrases

primary care
clinical practice
early life
emergency department
healthcare
childhood cancer
community acquired pneumonia
intensive care unit
acute respiratory distress syndrome
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
mechanical ventilation