Can we distinguish pneumonia from wheezy diseases in tachypnoeic children under low-resource conditions? A prospective observational study in four Indian hospitals

Vishwanath Gowraiah; Shally Awasthi; Rashmi Kapoor; Devdas Sahana; Pushpalatha Venkatesh; Belvadi Gangadhar; Aradhana Awasthi; Anilkumar Verma; Nanditha Pai; Michael Seear

doi:10.1136/archdischild-2013-305740

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Can we distinguish pneumonia from wheezy diseases in tachypnoeic children under low-resource conditions? A prospective observational study in four Indian hospitals

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Vishwanath Gowraiah Divisions of Respiratory Medicine, BC's Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Shally Awasthi Department of Paediatrics, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rashmi Kapoor Department of Pediatrics, Regency Hospital, Kanpur, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Devdas Sahana Department of Paediatrics, Vanivilas Hospital, Bangalore Medical College & Research Centre, Bangalore, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Pushpalatha Venkatesh Department of Paediatrics, Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, Bangalore Medical College & Research Centre, Bangalore, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Belvadi Gangadhar Department of Paediatrics, Vanivilas Hospital, Bangalore Medical College & Research Centre, Bangalore, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Aradhana Awasthi Department of Pediatrics, Regency Hospital, Kanpur, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anilkumar Verma Department of Paediatrics, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nanditha Pai Department of Paediatrics, Vanivilas Hospital, Bangalore Medical College & Research Centre, Bangalore, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael Seear Divisions of Respiratory Medicine, BC's Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Michael Seear, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6H 3V4; mseear{at}cw.bc.ca

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Gowraiah V, Awasthi S, Kapoor R, et al

Can we distinguish pneumonia from wheezy diseases in tachypnoeic children under low-resource conditions? A prospective observational study in four Indian hospitals

Archives of Disease in Childhood 2014;99:899-906.

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Received November 27, 2013
Revised March 21, 2014
Accepted May 21, 2014
First published June 12, 2014.

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