학술논문
Prevalence and outcome of anemia among children hospitalized for pneumonia and their risk of mortality in a developing country
Document Type
article
Author
Mohammod Jobayer Chisti; Chowdhury Ali Kawser; Abu Sayem Mirza Md Hasibur Rahman; Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin Shahid; Farzana Afroze; K. M. Shahunja; Lubaba Shahrin; Monira Sarmin; Sharika Nuzhat; Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman; Tahmina Alam; Irin Parvin; M. S. T. Mahmuda Ackhter; Gazi Md. Salahuddin Mamun; Shamsun Nahar Shaima; Abu Syed Golam Faruque; Tahmeed Ahmed
Source
Scientific Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2022)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2045-2322
Abstract
Abstract Data are limited on the prevalence and outcome of anemia and its risk on mortality among children under five years of age hospitalized for pneumonia/severe pneumonia. Thus, we conducted a secondary analysis of data extracted from Dhaka Hospital of International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh to address the evidence gap. Among 3468 children fulfilling the study criteria,1712 (49.4%) had anemia. If children aged ≤ 1.0, > 1.0 to 2.0, > 2.0 to