Journal of Lung Diseases & Treatment

Asit Kumar Mishra

Publications

• Research Article
  Predisposing Factors of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Under-Five Children
  Author(s): Preeti Srivastava, Asit Kumar Mishra and Ashish Kumar RoyPreeti Srivastava, Asit Kumar Mishra and Ashish Kumar Roy
  
  Objective: Pneumonia is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in under five children in developing countries. Hence, the present study was undertaken to identify the various predisposing factors for pneumonia in children aged 1 month to 5 years. Methods: Sixty pneumonia cases fulfilling the inclusion criteria, in the age group of 1 month to 5 years were interrogated for potential predisposing factors as per a predesigned proforma. Sixty healthy control children in the same age group were also interrogated. Results: The significant predisposing factors for pneumonia were overcrowding (p value < 0.001), lack of exclusive breastfeeding for first 6 months in babies less than 1 year old (p value < 0.05), incomplete immunization for age (p value < 0.001) and malnutrition (p value < 0.001). On logistic regressi.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2472-1018.1000101

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