Count
Category† (n = 53) (Percent)
Economic Category of Country‡
Low Income 14 (26%)
Lower Middle Income 29 (55%)
Upper Middle Income 10 (19%)
Continent‡
Africa 26 (49%)
Asia 22 (42%)
Europe 0 (0%)
North America 0 (0%)
South America 5 (9%)
Age of patients (may include more than one category)
Premature infants (<37 weeks gestation) 3 (6%)
Neonates (0 - 28 days) 16 (30%)
Infants (29 days - <1 year) 50 (94%)
1 - <5 years 47 (89%)
5 - <18 years 8 (15%)
Primary Clinical Setting
Outpatient 7 (13%)
Emergency Department 5 (9%)
Inpatient General Ward 35 (66%)
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit 3 (6%)
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 3 (6%)
Type of Study
Prospective (Cohort, case control, cross sectional) 37 (70%)
Retrospective Cohort 10 (19%)
Randomized Control Trial 6 (11%)
Type of Analysis
Univariate 48 (91%)
Multivariate 31 (58%)