Ajay Patwardhan, Sneha Valay Zaveri, Brajendra Kumar

A STUDY OF SIMPLE PREDICTORS IN IDENTIFYING BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA IN CHILDREN AGED 6 MONTHS TO 60 MONTHS

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Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) have quite a high morbidity and mortality in children in developing countries. Our study concluded that hyperreactive airway disease can be differentiated from pneumonia, to a reasonable extent on the basis of clinical features like fever, RR, and simple investigation like leukocyte count. This may help in rational management with antibiotics, bronchodilators and steroids in these children. This study offers possibility of redening the current algorithm by incorporating simple predictors that have potential application to the para-medical personnel. In this context, the feasibility of simplied delivery of aerosolized bronchodilator therapy through a metered dose inhaler and nebulizer merits exploration. Prevention of over-use of antibiotics and the obvious economic advantage are the major advantages of the rened / re-dened algorithm used.

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