Browsing by Subject "Pneumonia"
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Antibiotic use for pneumonia among children under-five at a pediatric hospital in Dhaka city, Bangladesh
(© 2017 Dove Medical Press Ltd., 2017-08-03)Background: Pneumonia has been the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children under 5 for more than 3 decades, particularly in low-income countries like Bangladesh. The World Health Organization (WHO) developed ... -
Bacterial etiology and antibiotic resistance pattern of adult pneumonia in South Asia: a review
(Brac University, 2023-05)This article reviews literature focused on Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP), Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) and Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in adults published over the years of 2004 to 2021. The review ... -
Comparative study of X-ray and CT scan images for the detection of COVID-19 using deep learning
(Brac University, 2015-08)Coronavirus 2019 (in short, COVID-19), originated in the Wuhan province of China in December 2019, has been declared a global pandemic by WHO in March 2020. Since its inception, it’s rapid spread among nations had initially ... -
A deep learning approach for pneumonia classification from chest X-Ray images with ensemble modelling and explainable AI
(Brac University, 2021-06-08)Pneumonia is one of those frightening diseases that has a high mortality rate among children and the elderly, with an estimated 2 million fatalities per year. Pneumonia affects the poorest people in Africa and Asia the most, ... -
Diagnosis of pneumonia by community health volunteers: experience of BRAC, Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)The study assessed the competency of community health volunteers in diagnosing pneumonia in children through simple clinical signs. Data were collected by a group of research physicians who observed the case management ... -
Evaluation of MicrocinE492 gene presence in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from clinical samples.
(BRAC University, 2018-10)Bacteriocins are small peptides with anti-bacterial properties. Among which, micrrocin E492 (MccE492) is a low-molecular-weight, channel-forming bacteriocin produced by Klebsiella pneumoniae. However, micrrocin E492 is ... -
Managing pneumonia by community health volunteers: the case of ARI control programme of BRAC, Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)The study examined the role of ARl management practices in improving the competency of community health volunteers in diagnosing and treating pneumonia among children. Data were collected by a group of research physicians ... -
Multi-drug resistant pathogens of pneumonia: our stance
(Brac University, 2020-02)As one of the preeminent causes of death, pneumonia is causing more harm than anticipated. Especially, the accompanying horror of antibiotic resistance is adding up into the pile of misery and the emergence of multidrug ... -
A prospective study on the efficiency of ciprofloxacin in combination with chloramphenicol and probiotics against multiple antibiotics resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
(BRAC University, 2017-12)Pneumonia is the single largest infectious cause of death in children worldwide. Not only children but also adult from all age groups can be suffered from pneumonia. Pneumonia is a form of acute respiratory infection that ... -
A review on the causative agents, risk factors and management of ventilator associated Pneumonia: from South Asian perspective
(Brac University, 2021-09)Ventilator Associated Pneumoniae (VAP) is a common hospital acquired pneumoniae in ICU patients. Patients with pneumoniae after 48 hours of mechanical ventilation is considered VAP. INICC found that VAP rates between 2003 ... -
Utilizing deep learning architectures for early detection of lung diseases in chest X-ray images
(Brac University, 2023)"COVID-19 and viral Pneumonia are types of lung disease that are highly infectious, and have a tendency of causing an outbreak, that then puts stress on the healthcare sector. When the COVID-19 pandemic first began there ... -
X-Ray classification to detect COVID-19 using ensemble model
(Brac University, 2021-06)Diagnosis with X-Rays and other forms of medical images has soared to new heights as an alternative visual Covid infection detector. Radiographic images, primarily CT scans and X-Rays images play massive roles in assisting ...
