Simple tool could cut child pneumonia deaths in poor-resource settings

Researchers identified which young children with pneumonia face the highest mortality risk using basic clinical data, even without pulse oximetry devices. The finding offers hospitals in low-income regions a practical way to triage patients and allocate scarce medical resources more effectively.

Originaltitel: In-hospital mortality risk stratification in children aged under 5 years with pneumonia with or without pulse oximetry: A secondary analysis of the Pneumonia REsearch Partnership to Assess WHO REcommendations (PREPARE) dataset