This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Pneumonia kills about 3 million children every year in developing countries, and it is now clear that most fatal pneumonia is caused by ...

Children in Malawi with chest-indrawing pneumonia were randomly assigned to a 3-day or a 5-day regimen of amoxicillin. The 3-day regimen was noninferior to the 5-day regimen with respect to the ...

May 21, 2004 -- Zinc supplements reduce the duration of illness and length of hospital stay in children with pneumonia, according to the results of a randomized trial published in the May 22 issue of ...