Acidosis in severe childhood malaria

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 263-270

  English, M ^a,b,d   Sauerwein, R ^a,c   Waruiru, C ^a   Mosobo, M ^a   Obiero, J ^a   Lowe, B ^a,b   Marsh, K ^a,b  

^a CRC KEMRI Kilifi Unit   (Kenya)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; UREA;

ACIDOSIS; AGE; ANEMIA; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; KENYA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTIC ACIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030889719     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/90.4.263     Document Type: Article

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