Clinical Risk Factors of Death From Pneumonia in Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition in an Urban Critical Care Ward of Bangladesh

Mohammod Jobayer Chisti; Mohammed Abdus Salam; Hasan Ashraf; Abu S. G. Faruque; Pradip Kumar Bardhan; Md Iqbal Hossain; Abu S. M. S. B. Shahid; K. M. Shahunja; Sumon Kumar Das; Gazi Imran; Tahmeed Ahmed

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073728

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Clinical Risk Factors of Death From Pneumonia in Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition in an Urban Critical Care Ward of Bangladesh

Mohammod Jobayer Chisti ,

* E-mail: chisti@icddrb.org

Affiliations Centre for Nutrition & Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dhaka Hospital, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Mohammed Abdus Salam,

Affiliation Research Administration, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Hasan Ashraf,

Affiliations Centre for Nutrition & Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dhaka Hospital, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Abu S. G. Faruque,

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition & Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Pradip Kumar Bardhan,

Affiliations Centre for Nutrition & Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dhaka Hospital, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Md Iqbal Hossain,

Affiliations Centre for Nutrition & Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dhaka Hospital, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Abu S. M. S. B. Shahid,

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition & Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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K. M. Shahunja,

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition & Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Sumon Kumar Das,

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition & Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Gazi Imran,

Affiliation Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Tahmeed Ahmed

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition & Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Clinical Risk Factors of Death From Pneumonia in Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition in an Urban Critical Care Ward of Bangladesh

Mohammod Jobayer Chisti,
Mohammed Abdus Salam,
Hasan Ashraf,
Abu S. G. Faruque,
Pradip Kumar Bardhan,
Md Iqbal Hossain,
Abu S. M. S. B. Shahid,
K. M. Shahunja,
Sumon Kumar Das,
Gazi Imran

Published: September 9, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073728

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