Lethality by pneumonia and factors associated to death

OBJECTIVE: To describe the case-fatality rate (CFR) and risk factors of death in children with community-acquired acute pneumonia (CAP) in a pediatric university hospital. METHOD: A longitudinal study was developed with prospective data collected from 1996 to 2011. Patients aged 1 month to 12 y...

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Main Authors: Sidnei Ferreira, Clemax C. Sant'Anna, Maria de Fatima B.P. March, Marilene Augusta R.C. Santos, Antonio Jose Ledo A. Cunha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-75572014000100092&lng=en&tlng=en