减少儿童呼吸道morb TY -的T1idity and mortality in low and middle income countries: a current challenge JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/13993003.00987-2019 VL - 54 IS - 1 SP - 1900987 AU - Ardura-Garcia, Cristina AU - Kuehni, Claudia E. Y1 - 2019/07/01 UR - //www.qdcxjkg.com/content/54/1/1900987.abstract N2 - Pneumonia is a major cause of death of children in low and middle income countries (LMICs). In this issue of the European Respiratory Journal, Nguyen et al. [1] examine pneumonia care in a large secondary care hospital in Vietnam and compare it to World Health Organization (WHO) case management guidelines. This carefully conducted prospective study highlights the weaknesses of the WHO approach, which leads to overdiagnosis of pneumonia with unnecessary hospitalisations and antibiotic use, and underdiagnosis of obstructive airway diseases.Pneumonia overdiagnosis and asthma underdiagnosis in children should be addressed together in low resource settings http://bit.ly/2XPvegaWe thank Christopher Ritter (Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland) for his editorial assistance. ER -