Five-year review of diarrheal disease cases admitted to a busy referral hospital in Ghana

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 361-364

  Baffoe Bonnie, Ben ^a   Addo Yobo, Emmanuel ^a   Plange Rhule, Jacob ^a  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Adult; Child; Diarrhea; Ghana; Hospital mortality; Hospitalized

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; GHANA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031661194     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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