Publications by authors named "Md Chisti"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to estimate the costs of inpatient care for childhood severe pneumonia and how these costs differ between urban and rural settings in Bangladesh.
- Using a detailed micro-costing approach, researchers analyzed data from 1252 children aged 2-59 months who received treatment at public facilities.
- The findings highlighted that urban facilities had significantly higher costs compared to rural ones, suggesting that improving care availability at lower-level rural facilities could lower overall treatment expenses.
Objective: The objective was to assess the association between nutritional and clinical characteristics and quantitative PCR (qPCR)-diagnosis of bacterial diarrhoea in a multicentre cohort of children under 2 years of age with moderate to severe diarrhoea (MSD).
Design: A secondary cross-sectional analysis of baseline data collected from the AntiBiotics for Children with Diarrhoea trial (NCT03130114).
Patients: Children with MSD (defined as 3 loose stools within 24 hours and presenting with at least one of the following: some/severe dehydration, moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) or severe stunting) enrolled in the ABCD trial and collected stool sample.
Article Synopsis
- This study assessed how often healthcare providers followed guidelines for treating common illnesses in young children in low-resource settings across six Asian and African countries.
- It found that only 32-34% of children with diarrhoea and pneumonia received fully compliant care, with non-adherence particularly noted for treatments like oxygen and antibiotics.
- Factors like older age, severity of illness, and lower economic status were linked to higher rates of guideline non-adherence, suggesting areas for improvement in healthcare practices.
This article reviews the many factors that have to be taken into account as we consider the advancement of pediatric critical care (PCC) in multiple settings across the world. The extent of PCC and the range of patients who are cared for in this environment are considered. Along with a review of the ongoing treatment and technology advances in the PCC setting, the structures and systems required to support these services are also considered.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Asthma is one of the greatest health burdens, yet contributors to asthma symptom trajectories are understudied in Australian children. We aimed to assess the trajectories of asthma symptom and their associations with several family environmental factors during the childhood period in Australia.
Design: Secondary analysis from a cross-sequential cohort study.
Objective: To estimate household cost of illness (COI) for children with severe pneumonia in Bangladesh.
Design: An incidence-based COI study was performed for one episode of childhood severe pneumonia from a household perspective. Face-to-face interviews collected data on socioeconomic, resource use and cost from caregivers.