Predictors of hypoxaemia in hospital admissions with acute lower respiratory tract infection in a developing country

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 310-314

  Weber, Martin W ^a   Usen, Stanley ^a   Palmer, Ayo ^b   Jaffar, Shabbar ^a   Mulholland, E Kim ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Clinical signs; Developing countries; Hypoxaemia; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE OXIMETRY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030901040     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.76.4.310     Document Type: Article

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