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Disease pneumonia
Phenotype C0162429|malnutrition
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PubMedID- 26186717 Mortality due to child pneumonia is strongly associated with malnutrition, poverty and lack of access to quality health care.
PubMedID- 24403973 In this context, (i) pulmonary aspiration (sometimes requiring tracheotomy to prevent pneumonia), (ii) dysphagia with subsequent malnutrition and (iii) facial nerve palsy causing eye symptoms are of particular importance.
PubMedID- 23304916 Based on the physical findings and laboratory results, an initial diagnosis of severe pneumonia complicated by severe malnutrition, sepsis, hypokalaemia, and hypophosphataemia was made.
PubMedID- 24040043 Clinical risk factors of death from pneumonia in children with severe acute malnutrition in an urban critical care ward of bangladesh.
PubMedID- 24695758 A recent systematic review reported that the range of bacterial pathogens that cause pneumonia in children with severe malnutrition is different to those that cause pneumonia in well nourished children, and that gram negative bacteria are predominant causes [3].
PubMedID- 24053172 The main causes of mortality in these regions include neonatal conditions, malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhoea, with malnutrition being an important contributing factor.
PubMedID- 20855397 Conclusion: severe childhood pneumonia without severe malnutrition can be successfully managed at day care clinics, except for children with hypoxemia who require prolonged oxygen therapy.
PubMedID- 23758693 Schindler and bouchard [7,15] report that individuals with malnutrition are at risk of aspiration pneumonia whilst marik and kaplan [16] report that decreased immune system activity as a result of aging may be an influencing factor in aspiration pneumonia.
PubMedID- 26360380 For oral function, chewing and swallowing disorders are prevalent in the frail elderly, and can cause serious problems such as malnutrition, dehydration, declining quality of diet and aspiration pneumonia [55].
PubMedID- 21785610 The high prevalence of bacteraemia, urinary tract infections, diarrhea, and pneumonia among children with severe malnutrition [4–7] coupled with an atypical clinical presentation of sepsis justifies the routine use of empirical antibiotic treatment in the initial phase of inpatient management as recommended by who [8, 9].

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