Progress of risk factors for mortality in children with pneumonia
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4408.2020.08.012
- VernacularTitle:儿童肺炎死亡危险因素的研究进展
- Author:
Lixiong QI
1
;
Yuejie ZHENG
Author Information
1. 遵义医科大学，珠海 519041
- From:
International Journal of Pediatrics
2020;47(8):565-568
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of death in children under five years of age worldwide.Scholars at home and abroad have done more researches on the risk factors of death from pneumonia in children.They thought that risk factors for pneumonia deaths in children may include: infants, females, cold weather, lack of breastfeeding, malnutrition, infections with specific pathogens, underlying diseases, social and socioeconomic factors(such as air pollution, young mothers, low maternal education, low socioeconomic status of parents), etc.However, with the change of social environment, there are also increasing risk factors for pneumonia deaths in children.This review focuses on the risk factors of death from pneumonia in children.
