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April 22, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Disease Progression of Severe Pneumonia in a Tertiary Hospital in Ethiopia.

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SGSamuel GirmaRARahel ArgawAZAgeru Zeleke

Key Points

  • To investigate the prevalence and risk factors associated with severe pneumonia in children.
  • Data collected from a tertiary hospital in Ethiopia.
  • Population studied included children under 5 years old.
  • Complications and mortality rates analyzed from cases of severe pneumonia.
  • Severe pneumonia prevalence was notably higher in children under 5.
  • Parapneumonic effusion developed in 31.46% of severe pneumonia cases.
  • The overall mortality rate for severe pneumonia was 4.54%.

Abstract

A higher prevalence of severe pneumonia was observed in children under 5 years of age. Disease progression to parapneumonic effusion occurred in 31.46% of cases, and the mortality rate was 4.54%.

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Girma et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e864866e0dea528dde945bhttps://doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v35i1.5s
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