Usefulness of gender and abnormal blood count for predicting pneumonia outcome in children

Background: Pneumonia is still a leading cause of death among children in developing countries. The aim of the study is to identify some risk factors for poor pneumonia outcome. The studied factors were: male sex, thrombocytosis, thrombocytopaenia, leucocytosis, leucopaenia and anaemia. Patients and...

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Main Author: Zeze TH. Atwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763814200665