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Review
. 2025 Mar:60 Suppl 1:S51-S53.
doi: 10.1002/ppul.27299. Epub 2024 Sep 30.

Complications and long-term impact of early life pneumonia

Adaeze C Ayuk  1
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Review

Complications and long-term impact of early life pneumonia

Adaeze C Ayuk. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2025 Mar.

Abstract

Pneumonia is an infection affecting the lower airway, where the air sacs are filled with mucus and pus; and typically presents with cough, fever, and fast breathing. Pneumonia is estimated to be the leading cause of mortality in children under five worldwide with 120 million episodes result in 1 million deaths globally. The Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) are more affected. In a study in southeast Nigeria, bronchopneumonia accounted for 41.9%, of the cases admitted in the tertiary hospitals and in another hospital based study among children, pneumonia had the highest respiratory admission rates at 34.0%. Pneumonia can be caused by various organisms: Bacterial (Streptococcus, staphylococcus etc), Viral (RSV) and recently COVID 19 pneumonia. RSV has been noted globally to be a major cause of childhood lower respiratory tract infection, with morbidity/mortality occurring in 99% of (LMICs). Some of the long term sequalae are discussed.

Keywords: complications; early life; pnuemonia.

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