Pneumonia and malnutrition

To describe the results of pneumonia treatment in acute malnutrition children from 2 months to 5 years old; To determine the relationship between acute malnutrition and the results of pneumonia treatment in children from 2 months to 5 years old.

8p vikoch 27-06-2024 1 1   Download

To determine the nutritional status and the dietary intake of inpatient children with lower respiratory infections. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 106 children aged under 5 years admitted to the Pediatric Department of the National Lung Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam, from August to December 2018.

10p vihennessey 26-09-2022 7 2   Download

Little attention has been paid to asthma in ‘under-fives’ in Sub-Saharan Africa. In ‘under-fives’, acute asthma and pneumonia have similar clinical presentation and most children with acute respiratory symptoms are diagnosed with pneumonia according to the WHO criteria.

10p vichengshin2711 26-02-2020 11 0   Download

The result is that nearly 200,000 children and infants are dying each year in Afghanistan. Most of the causes of these deaths are preventable: the four highest causes of death in children, and the percentage of total of under 5 child deaths expected in 2009, are neonatal causes (41%), pneumonia (21%), and diarrhea (14%) and measles (4%). These four account for 80% of child deaths each year. The issue of general and micro-nutrient malnutrition underlies all the causes of death because children are much more vulnerable if they are malnourished: as much as half of child deaths would not occur...

5p seketnoi 28-04-2013 40 6   Download

Child malnutrition - measured as poor child growth - is internationally recognized as an important public health indicator. Young children are most vulnerable to malnutrition and face the greatest risk of its adverse consequences. Malnutrition is caused not only by food deprivation, but also by the debilitating effects of infectious diseases, such as diarrhoea and pneumonia, and lack of care. It contributes to over half of child deaths. Progress in reducing child malnutrition has been slow (see Figure 1).

150p quygia123 01-11-2012 45 1   Download