Development and validation of a novel clinical risk score to predict hypoxaemia in children with pneumonia using the WHO PREPARE dataset

Background Hypoxaemia predicts mortality at all levels of care, and appropriate management can reduce preventable deaths. However, pulse oximetry and oxygen therapy remain inaccessible in many primary care health facilities. We aimed to develop and validate a simple risk score comprising commonly ev...

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Main Authors: Shamim Qazi, Arjun Chandna, Norman Lufesi, Philippe Vanhems, Tim Colbourn, Charles Mwansambo, Eric D McCollum, Mathuram Santosham, Shally Awasthi, Archana Patel, Joseph L Mathew, Tor A Strand, Carina King, Rakesh Lodha, Shubhada Hooli, Mark I Neuman, Vanessa Rouzier, Ashish Bavdekar, Nitya Wadhwa, Donald M Thea, Rainer Tan, Emmanuel Addo-Yobo, Chris A Rees, Shinjini Bhatnagar, Shabir A Madhi, Kerry-Ann F O’Grady, Sudha Basnet, Patricia Hibberd, Valentina S Picot, Pagbajabyn Nymadawa, Marilla Lucero, Glaucia Paranhos-Baccalà, Juan M Lozano, Yasir Bin Nisar, Prakash M Jeena, Marta Nunes, Noel Chisaka, Ngoc Tuong Vy Nguyen, Monidarin Chou, Mala Rakoto-Andrianarivelo, Graciela Russomando, Mariam Sylla, Jianwei Wang, Satinder Aneja, Alexey W Clara, Fenella Beynon, Romina Libster, Jean William Pape, Clare L Cutland, Brad Gessner, William B MaLeod, Syed Mohammad Akram uz Zaman, Gillian Levine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2025-07-01
Series:BMJ Global Health
Online Access:https://gh.bmj.com/content/10/7/e017256.full
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