Journal article
Disease spectrum and management of children admitted with acute respiratory infection in Viet Nam
TKP Nguyen, DV Nguyen, TNH Truong, MD Tran, SM Graham, BJ Marais
Tropical Medicine and International Health | WILEY | Published : 2017
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12874
Abstract
Objective: To assess the acute respiratory infection (ARI) disease spectrum, duration of hospitalisation and outcome in children hospitalised with an ARI in Viet Nam. Methods: We conducted a retrospective descriptive study of ARI admissions to primary (Hoa Vang District Hospital), secondary (Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children) and tertiary (National Hospital of Paediatrics in Ha Noi) level hospitals in Viet Nam over 12 months (01/09/2015 to 31/08/2016). Results: Acute respiratory infections accounted for 27.9% (37 436/134 061) of all paediatric admissions; nearly half (47.6%) of all children admitted to Hoa Vang District Hospital. Most (64.6%) of children hospitalised with an ARI were <..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We thank the data departments at all participating hospitals and Dr Maryam Montazerolghaem at the Sydney Informatics Hub, The University of Sydney, who kindly assisted with data analysis. We also thank Dr Tran Thi Hoang at Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children, who assisted data collection and submission of the study protocol for local ethics review. This manuscript is in partial fulfilment of a PhD thesis. Da Nang Provincial Government provided an international PhD scholarship to the first author.