The treatment failed in 87 children in the hospitalized group and 77 in the home group. These children were then given another therapy. During the study, five children died, four of them in the hospital group.

在入院治疗组和在家治疗组，分别有87名和77名患儿治疗失败，这些患儿接下来将接受另外一种治疗方式。在研究期间，有5名患儿死亡，其中4名来自于入院治疗组。

W.H.O. medical officer Shamim (Qazi) says the new findings will help children, families and hospitals. Children may get other infections in a hospital. Many hospitals are already overcrowded. And treatment at home would be less costly.

世界卫生组织的卫生官员Shamim Qazi指出，这些新发现对患儿、家庭和医院都有帮助。患儿在住院期间可能会感染其他疾病，因为许多医生都已人满为患了，并且在家治疗的花费更少些。

The study confirmed the findings of three other studies in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. These showed that in hospitals, oral antibiotics were just as effective as injectable antibiotics in treating severe pneumonia in Children. A few cases are so severe they will still need hospital care. But Doctor (Qazi) says the W.H.O. will be updating its guidelines this year with the new evidence.

该研究证实了在非、亚、欧及拉丁美洲其他三项研究的发现。这三项发现曾指出，在治疗重症肺炎患儿时，入院治疗、口服抗生素与注射抗生素有一样的疗效。也有少数重症病例仍需在医院护理。但Qazi医生称，世界卫生组织今年会依据这些新根据而修正一些指导方针。

Boston Unversity professor Donald Thea led the research in Pakistan. Doctor Thea says a change could lead to new training for community health workers. If they learn how to treat severe pneumonia in young children locally, then more children are likely to survive.

波士顿大学的Donald Thea教授在巴基斯坦负责了该研究。Thea教授称一个变化就有可能要对公众卫生工作人员进行新的培训。如果他们学会了治疗当地重症肺炎患儿的治疗方法，那么更多的患儿有可能活下来。

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