TY - JOUR
T1 - In-hospital mortality risk stratification in children aged under 5 years with pneumonia with or without pulse oximetry
T2 - A secondary analysis of the Pneumonia REsearch Partnership to Assess WHO REcommendations (PREPARE) dataset
AU - Pneumonia REsearch Partnership to Assess WHO REcommendations (PREPARE) study group
AU - Hooli, Shubhada
AU - King, Carina
AU - McCollum, Eric D
AU - Colbourn, Tim
AU - Lufesi, Norman
AU - Mwansambo, Charles
AU - Gregory, Christopher J
AU - Thamthitiwat, Somsak
AU - Cutland, Clare
AU - Madhi, Shabir Ahmed
AU - Nunes, Marta C
AU - Gessner, Bradford D
AU - Hazir, Tabish
AU - Mathew, Joseph L
AU - Addo-Yobo, Emmanuel
AU - Chisaka, Noel
AU - Hassan, Mumtaz
AU - Hibberd, Patricia L
AU - Jeena, Prakash
AU - Lozano, Juan M
AU - MacLeod, William B
AU - Patel, Archana
AU - Thea, Donald M
AU - Nguyen, Ngoc Tuong Vy
AU - Zaman, Syed Ma
AU - Ruvinsky, Raul O
AU - Lucero, Marilla
AU - Kartasasmita, Cissy B
AU - Turner, Claudia
AU - Asghar, Rai
AU - Banajeh, Salem
AU - Iqbal, Imran
AU - Maulen-Radovan, Irene
AU - Mino-Leon, Greta
AU - Saha, Samir K
AU - Santosham, Mathuram
AU - Singhi, Sunit
AU - Awasthi, Shally
AU - Bavdekar, Ashish
AU - Chou, Monidarin
AU - Nymadawa, Pagbajabyn
AU - Pape, Jean-William
AU - Paranhos-Baccala, Glaucia
AU - Picot, Valentina Sanchez
AU - Rakoto-Andrianarivelo, Mala
AU - Rouzier, Vanessa
AU - Russomando, Graciela
AU - Sylla, Mariam
AU - Vanhems, Philippe
AU - Wang, Jianwei
AU - Basnet, Sudha
AU - Strand, Tor A
AU - Neuman, Mark I
AU - Arroyo, Luis Martinez
AU - Echavarria, Marcela
AU - Bhatnagar, Shinjini
AU - Wadhwa, Nitya
AU - Lodha, Rakesh
AU - Aneja, Satinder
AU - Gentile, Angela
AU - Chadha, Mandeep
AU - Hirve, Siddhivinayak
AU - O'Grady, Kerry-Ann F
AU - Clara, Alexey W
AU - Rees, Chris A
AU - Campbell, Harry
AU - Nair, Harish
AU - Falconer, Jennifer
AU - Williams, Linda J
AU - Horne, Margaret
AU - Qazi, Shamim A
AU - Nisar, Yasir Bin
N1 - Funding Information:
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA (#INV-007927).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors
PY - 2023/4/1
Y1 - 2023/4/1
N2 - OBJECTIVES: We determined the pulse oximetry benefit in pediatric pneumonia mortality risk stratification and chest-indrawing pneumonia in-hospital mortality risk factors.METHODS: We report the characteristics and in-hospital pneumonia-related mortality of children aged 2-59 months who were included in the Pneumonia Research Partnership to Assess WHO Recommendations dataset. We developed multivariable logistic regression models of chest-indrawing pneumonia to identify mortality risk factors.RESULTS: Among 285,839 children, 164,244 (57.5%) from hospital-based studies were included. Pneumonia case fatality risk (CFR) without pulse oximetry measurement was higher than with measurement (5.8%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 5.6-5.9% vs 2.1%, 95% CI 1.9-2.4%). One in five children with chest-indrawing pneumonia was hypoxemic (19.7%, 95% CI 19.0-20.4%), and the hypoxemic CFR was 10.3% (95% CI 9.1-11.5%). Other mortality risk factors were younger age (either 2-5 months [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 9.94, 95% CI 6.67-14.84] or 6-11 months [aOR 2.67, 95% CI 1.71-4.16]), moderate malnutrition (aOR 2.41, 95% CI 1.87-3.09), and female sex (aOR 1.82, 95% CI 1.43-2.32).CONCLUSION: Children with a pulse oximetry measurement had a lower CFR. Many children hospitalized with chest-indrawing pneumonia were hypoxemic and one in 10 died. Young age and moderate malnutrition were risk factors for in-hospital chest-indrawing pneumonia-related mortality. Pulse oximetry should be integrated in pneumonia hospital care for children under 5 years.
AB - OBJECTIVES: We determined the pulse oximetry benefit in pediatric pneumonia mortality risk stratification and chest-indrawing pneumonia in-hospital mortality risk factors.METHODS: We report the characteristics and in-hospital pneumonia-related mortality of children aged 2-59 months who were included in the Pneumonia Research Partnership to Assess WHO Recommendations dataset. We developed multivariable logistic regression models of chest-indrawing pneumonia to identify mortality risk factors.RESULTS: Among 285,839 children, 164,244 (57.5%) from hospital-based studies were included. Pneumonia case fatality risk (CFR) without pulse oximetry measurement was higher than with measurement (5.8%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 5.6-5.9% vs 2.1%, 95% CI 1.9-2.4%). One in five children with chest-indrawing pneumonia was hypoxemic (19.7%, 95% CI 19.0-20.4%), and the hypoxemic CFR was 10.3% (95% CI 9.1-11.5%). Other mortality risk factors were younger age (either 2-5 months [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 9.94, 95% CI 6.67-14.84] or 6-11 months [aOR 2.67, 95% CI 1.71-4.16]), moderate malnutrition (aOR 2.41, 95% CI 1.87-3.09), and female sex (aOR 1.82, 95% CI 1.43-2.32).CONCLUSION: Children with a pulse oximetry measurement had a lower CFR. Many children hospitalized with chest-indrawing pneumonia were hypoxemic and one in 10 died. Young age and moderate malnutrition were risk factors for in-hospital chest-indrawing pneumonia-related mortality. Pulse oximetry should be integrated in pneumonia hospital care for children under 5 years.
KW - Child
KW - Humans
KW - Female
KW - Infant
KW - Child, Preschool
KW - Hospital Mortality
KW - Pneumonia/diagnosis
KW - Oximetry
KW - Malnutrition
KW - World Health Organization
KW - Risk Assessment
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.02.005
DO - 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.02.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 36805325
SN - 1201-9712
VL - 129
SP - 240
EP - 250
JO - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
ER -