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Hypoxaemia in Mozambican children < 5 years of age admitted to hospital with clinical severe pneumonia: clinical features and performance of predictor models

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12738

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of hypoxaemia among under-five children admitted to hospital with clinical severe pneumonia, and to assess the performance to diagnose hypoxaemia of models based on clinical signs. METHODS: We conducted a hospital-based survey in a district hospital from Southern Mozambique. RESULTS: A total of 825 children were recruited after obtaining an informed consent. The prevalence of hypoxaemia on admission was 27.9%, and 19.8% of these children died (OR compared to non-hypoxaemic children 3.22, 95%CI 1.98 - 5.21, p<0.001). The model with larger area under the ROC curve (AUC-ROC) to predict hypoxaemia included cyanosis or thoracoabdominal breathing or respiratory rate >/= 70 breaths per minute. None of the models performed well when tested in different case scenarios of oxygen availability through mathematical modelling, with over 50% of hypoxaemic children not receiving oxygen even in favourable case scenarios. CONCLUSIONS: Clinical signs alone or in combination are not suitable to diagnose hypoxaemia. The use of pulse oximeters should be strongly encouraged. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Infants, Pneumònia, Moçambic

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Children, Pneumonia, Mozambique

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BASSAT ORELLANA, Quique, LANASPA, Miguel, MACHEVO, Sonia, O'CALLAGHAN GORDO, Cristina, MADRID, Lola, NHAMPOSSA, Tacilta, ACÁCIO, Sozinho, ROCA, A., ALONSO, Pedro. Hypoxaemia in Mozambican children < 5 years of age admitted
                to hospital with clinical severe pneumonia: clinical features
                and performance of predictor models. _Tropical Medicine & International Health_. 2016. [consulta: 14 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 1360-2276. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/100564]

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