Objective: This prospective hospital base study was conducted to examine the role of chest radiography in\r\ndiagnosis of pneumonia in children and correlate the severity of the disease with radiological findings.\r\nMethods: A total of 156 cases aged 1-59 months admitted through the Emergency Room with severe pneumonia\r\nwere enrolled over 24 hours/day admissions, once every two weeks\r\nResults: The enrolled groups were 61.5% female, 38.5% were male. The chest X-ray showed pneumonia in 83\r\n(53.2%) cases with alveolar pneumonia accounting for 47 (30.12%), and non alveolar pneumonia for 36 (23.10%)\r\ncases. Factors that were found to have significant association with severe pneumonia included smoking associated\r\ndiarrheal diseases, endemic diseases, malnutrition anaemia and breastfeeding < 18 months. (P. value < 0.04; < 0.001,\r\n<0.001, <0.001, <0.01 and <0.48, respectively).\r\nIn conclusion chest X-ray is an important tool in diagnosing severe pneumonia, particularly in situations where\r\nother means of investigations are meager.
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