Differences in diagnosis, management, and outcomes of acute febrile illness by health facility level in southern Ethiopia.
Shimelis T., Vaz Nery S., Schierhout G., Tadesse BT., Dittrich S., Crump JA., Kaldor JM.
We assessed the diagnosis, management and outcomes of acute febrile illness in a cohort of febrile children aged under 5 years presenting at one urban and two rural health centres and one tertiary hospital between 11 August 2019 and 01 November 2019. Pneumonia was diagnosed in 104 (30.8%) of 338 children at health centres and 128 (65.0%) of 197 at the hospital (p