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Seminar on PneumoniaDr. Abdullahel AmaanDr. Mohtarama
MostariResident Phase-A (Neonatology)Current Placement: Pediatric
Pulmonology
Pneumonia is defined as inflammation of the lung parenchyma.
(Ref: Nelson Text Book of Pediatrics 20th)
EpidemiologyThe incidence of pneumonia in U5 children is 0.22
e/child year with 11.5% progressing to severe episodes.
(Ref:
Epidemiology ..This means, in each year, about 156 million new
episodes of pneumonia occur world wide, among which 151 million
episodes in developing countries & Bangladesh is in 4th
position (after India, China & Pakistan), about 6 million
episodes occuring each year.
(Ref: Epidemiology and Etiology of Childhood Pneumonia. Rudan I,
Campbell, et al. Bull World Health Organ 2008, May;
86(5):408-16.)
The cost of diagnosis & antibiotic treatment of was
estimated at around US$ 109 million/year.
It is the leading cause of U5 mortality, globally accounting 16%
of all U5 deaths, killing 9,20136 children in 2015.
(Ref: WHO Fact sheet on Pneumonia. Updated on September
2016)
Epidemiology ..
Risk factorsMalnutrition (W-A Z
