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Table 3 Etiologies of hypoxemia at Kapiri District Hospital

From: Prevalence of undiagnosed hypoxemia in adults and children in an under-resourced district hospital in Zambia

Age

Gender

Diagnosis

O2 Saturation (room air)

3 months

Female

Pneumonia

88%

4 months

Male

Fever

<70%

13 months

Female

Pneumonia

85%

16 months

Female

Malnutrition

89%

3 years

Female

Malnutrition

89%

26 years

Male

Cardiomyopathy

88%

27 years

Female

Tuberculosis

71%

32 years

Male

Tuberculosis

<70%

34 years

Male

Pneumonia

76%

39 years

Male

Tuberculosis

<70%

45 years

Male

Tuberculosis

85%

52 years

Female

Dyspnea

<70%

62 years

Male

Pneumonia

<70%

69 years

Male

Tuberculosis

<70%

79 years

Male

Dyspnea

71%