Classification | Signs and symptoms |
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Primary definition of physician-assessed severe pneumonia | History of cough or difficulty in breathing and tachypnea (fast breathing ≥ 60 breaths/minute in a child aged < 2 months |
≥50 breaths/minute in a child aged 2–11 months) and lower chest in-drawing | |
Secondary definition of physician- assessed severe Pneumonia 1 | History of cough or difficulty in breathing and tachypnea (fast breathing ≥ 60 breaths/minute in a child aged < 2 months |
≥50 breaths/minute in a child aged 2–11 months) and lower chest in-drawing and chest X-ray consolidation or pleural effusion or other infiltrates as defined in a chest x-ray taken within 72 hours of admission | |
Secondary definition of physician- assessed severe Pneumonia 2 | History of cough or difficulty in breathing and tachypnea (fast breathing ≥ 60 breaths/minute in a child aged < 2 months |
≥50 breaths/minute in a child aged 2–11 months) and lower chest in-drawing and an oxygen saturation less than 90 % | |
Tertiary definition of severe pneumonia assessed by community based fieldworkers | History of cough or difficulty in breathing and tachypnea (fast breathing ≥ 60 breaths/minute in a child aged < 2 months |
≥50 breaths/minute in a child aged 2–11 months) | |
Primary definition of pneumonia (physician-assessed) | History of cough or difficulty in breathing and tachypnea (fast breathing ≥ 60 breaths/minute in a child aged < 2 months |
≥50 breaths/minute in a child aged 2–11 months) and lower chest in-drawing | |
Secondary definition of Pneumonia 1 | Primary definition and chest X-ray consolidation or pleural effusion or other infiltrates as defined in a chest x-ray taken within 72Â hours of admission |
Secondary definition of Pneumonia 2 | Primary definition and an oxygen saturation less than 90Â % |