Prevalence, incidence and associated factors of pneumonia among severely malnourished children hospitalized in Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda
This study identified that prevalence of pneumonia among children hospitalized with SAM is still high and similar to previous studies done in different settings in Uganda. In addition, this study showed that the risk of incident pneumonia among children hospitalized with SAM is high. These findings point out the need to develop guidelines to monitor, detect and treat incident pneumonia among children hospitalized with SAM. Stunting as factor associated with both prevalence and incidence of pneumonia underscores the importance of further research to evaluate how stunting relates to pneumonia.
Authors
- Nicolette Nabukeera‐Barungi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7194-2001)
- Paul Mubiri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2259-3455)
- Maren Johanne Heilskov Rytter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9490-9586)
- Rebecca Nantanda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5039-8489)
- Ezekiel Mupere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8746-9009)
- Jolly General Katebarirwe Kamugisha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6110-2823)
- Harriet Nambuya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6220-0935)
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Mulago Hospital (UG)
- Jinja Hospital (UG)
- Makerere University (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0331698
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Innovationsfonden