Respiratory diseases cause substantial morbidity and mortality in LMICs, largely due to
environmental risk factors and barriers to diagnosis and treatment. However, there has been …

Background WHO pneumonia guidelines recommend that children (aged 2-59 months) with
chest indrawing pneumonia and without any “general danger sign” can be treated with oral …

Objectives We determined the pulse oximetry benefit in pediatric pneumonia mortality risk
stratification and chest-indrawing pneumonia in-hospital mortality risk factors. Methods We …

Effective and sustainable strategies are needed to address the burden of preventable
deaths among children under-five in resource-constrained settings. The Tools for Integrated …

Objective To investigate survival in children referred from primary care in Malawi, with a
focus on hypoglycaemia and hypoxaemia progression. Methods The study involved a …

Objectives We aimed to determine the cost‐effectiveness of supplementing standard care
with pulse oximetry among children< 5 years with acute respiratory infection (ARI) …

Timely recognition and referral of severely ill children is especially critical in low-resource
health systems. Pulse-oximeters can improve health outcomes of children by detecting …

Pulse oximetry is a clinical monitoring tool that commonly serves as a biomarker for hypoxia.
It is a simple, practical, noninvasive tool so deeply embedded in medicine that it is typically …