Impact of a case management protocol for childhood pneumonia in a rural Zambian hospital

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-160

  Smyth, Alan ^a,b   Ridwan, Rudy ^a   Cairns, James ^a  

^a St Francis Hospital Katete   (Zambia)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0031778239     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1998.11747942     Document Type: Article

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