Lactic acidosis and oxygen debt in African children with severe anaemia

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 563-569

  English, M ^a,b   Muambi, B ^a   Mithwani, S ^a   Marsh, K ^a,b  

^a KEMRI Clinical Research Centre   (Kenya)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACID BASE BALANCE; AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030988904     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/90.9.563     Document Type: Article

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