Predictors of Mortality in Children Admitted With Pneumonia to a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Sandra Kwarteng Owusu, Richard Kwaku Kwarteng Owusu, Birgit Agyeiwah Baah, Justice Sylverken, Nicholas Karikari Mensah, Naomi Dianne Adjetey, Serwah Bonsu Asafo‐Agyei, Larko Dormeyo Owusu, John Adabie Appiah, Samuel Blay Nguah, Emmanuel Ameyaw, Naana Wireko‐Brobby, Joseph Marfo, Augustine Kwame Afful, Lilliam Ambroggio, Daniel Ansong, Joyce Ashong, Lord Nkansah · 2026
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Sandra Kwarteng Owusu leads a 2026 study of what predicts death among children admitted with pneumonia to a large hospital in Ghana, where lung infection remains a top killer of the young. The team reviewed records to find warning signs present at arrival.
Of 630 eligible children, 394 had records complete enough to use, and 19 percent of them died, many within the first two days. Most patients were under two years old. Low blood oxygen at arrival and diarrhea each roughly doubled the risk of death in adjusted models, with hazard ratios of 2.08 and 2.19 in the reported figures. Chest indrawing was common in both outcomes. Fast oxygen checks and support, the authors urge, deserve priority.
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| CREATOR | Sandra Kwarteng Owusu, Richard Kwaku Kwarteng Owusu, Birgit Agyeiwah Baah, Justice Sylverken, Nicholas Karikari Mensah, Naomi Dianne Adjetey, Serwah Bonsu Asafo‐Agyei, Larko Dormeyo Owusu, John Adabie Appiah, Samuel Blay Nguah, Emmanuel Ameyaw, Naana Wireko‐Brobby, Joseph Marfo, Augustine Kwame Afful, Lilliam Ambroggio, Daniel Ansong, Joyce Ashong, Lord Nkansah |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20933 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |