OR DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING
Health workers need to identify the few very sick children with
cough or difficulty in breathing who need treatment with
antibiotics.
They can identify almost all cases of pneumonia by checking for
these two clinical signs: fast breathing and chest indrawing.
Chest indrawing
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The cut-off for fast breathing depends on the childs age. Normal
breathing rates are higher in children aged 2 to 12 months than in
children aged 12 months to 5 years. For this reason, the cut-off
for identifying fast breathing is higher in children 2 to 12 months
old than in children 12 months to 5 years old.
If the child is:
50 or more bpm
40 or more bpm