Childhood Pneumonia 2017, BSMMU, Bangladesh.

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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.

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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)

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Risk factorsMalnutrition (W-A Z