Comparison of two cotside methods for the detection of hypoglycaemia among neonates in Nepal

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Ellis, M ^b   Manandhar, D S ^a   Manandhar, N ^a   Land, J M ^c   Patel, N ^c   Costello, A M De L ^b  

^a Maternity Hospital Kathmandu   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; HemoCue; Hypoglycaemia; Nepal; Reflolux II

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; NEPAL; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029793712     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.75.2.F122     Document Type: Article

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