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6334573

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-2-15
pubmed:abstractText
Acute lower respiratory tract infections are a common cause of morbidity and mortality in children in the less developed countries. Considering the urgent need for rational protocols for the management of these infections in children and how little is known about the clinical signs that might predict the need for antibiotic therapy in a primary health care setting, a prospective study of the clinical signs in 200 paediatric outpatients presenting with a cough, 100 age-matched controls without cough, and 50 children admitted to hospital with pneumonia was carried out.In children with cough, a respiratory rate greater than 40 or 50 per minute (or a qualitative impression of tachypnoea) is probably the best indicator of the need for starting antibiotic treatment by primary health workers. The presence of fever appeared to be a poor guide to the need for antibiotic therapy. The presence of chest indrawing is, however, a reliable indication that a child with cough should be admitted to a health centre or a hospital. Further prospective studies are needed to determine the ability of these clinical signs to predict the course of these infections.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0042-9686
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
749-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-10-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Acute lower respiratory tract infections in children: possible criteria for selection of patients for antibiotic therapy and hospital admission.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article