Transfusion for respiratory distress in life-threatening childhood malaria

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 525-530

  English, Michael ^a,b   Waruiru, Catherine ^a   Marsh, Kevin ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CREATININE; FANSIDAR; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

ALKALOSIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; INFANT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALARIA; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PH; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESUSCITATION; TRANSFUSION;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0029850111     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.525     Document Type: Article

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