Table 1. Outcome definitions.
Severe illness |
At least one of the following danger signs: - Respiratory distress 1. - Inability to breastfeed or drink, or vomiting everything. - Drowsy. - Unable to sit. - Neck stiffness. - Fits. - Severe dehydration. - Severely pale. |
Severe pneumonia | Cough/difficulty breathing and Tachypnoea 2 and at least one of the following: - Severe respiratory distress 1. - Central cyanosis. - Inability to breastfeed or drink, or vomiting everything. - Convulsion, lethargy or unconsciousness. |
Pneumonia | Cough/difficulty breathing and Tachypnoea/lower chest indrawing and no signs of severe pneumonia. |
Hospitalization | Children that were hospitalized. |
1 Defined by the presence of very severe chest indrawing and/or nasal flaring and/or grunting in young infants.
2 Defined as follows: respiratory rate more than or equal to 50/minute for children aged 2 to 12 months and more than or equal to 40/minute for those aged from 12 months to 5 years.