Dataset of Hospital based surveillance study

This is a dataset of 5172 children (2-59 months) recruited as part of surveillance network of public and private hospitals that admitted children < 5 years was formed after obtaining their written, informed consent to participate. Children hospitalized in the network hospitals with history of fast breathing with or without chest in-drawing, were screened. Included were children aged 2-59 months, hospitalized with symptoms of WHO defined CAP who resided in the study index district after informed, written parental consent. Excluded were those with cough and respiratory symptoms for more than 14 days (to exclude tuberculosis). Included children were followed up in the hospital to assess outcomes such as mortality. Socio-demographic, clinical anthropometric and laboratory/diagnostic tests information was collected from hospital records or by interviewing parents on a standardized and pre-tested questionnaire