Posted on December 07, 2012
At the Gala Dinner and Awards Function of the University of Pretoria held on the 17th November 2012 Dr Omolemo Kitchin was awarded Best Publication: Runner Up for his paper:
Kitchin OP, Wessels F, Masekela R, Becker P, Green RJ. Costs of admission for paediatric pneumonia in a setting of human immunodeficiency virus infection. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2011;15:1702-1706.
Category: Best overall publication: Qualitative Research
A short summary of this work reveals the importance of the paper.
Acute pneumonia reflects a failure of HIV prevention policies and admission to hospital is a frequent event for children with pneumonia. Auditing the costs of admission of children with pneumonia has revealed that the case fatality rate for HIV-associated acute pneumonia is 14% in a general ward and 46% in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU). The actual bed costs are R1388.23 for an HIV-infected child in a ward but R3060.00 in a PICU. That is three times higher than for an HIV-uninfected child. Controlling this process is critical to the health economy of a country facing a significant burden from HIV.
Congratulations Omolemo!
The Gala Dinner was quite an illustrious affair. (Photo: Philip Snyman)
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