Mortality in severely malnourished children with diarrhoea and use of a standardised management protocol

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9168, 1999, Pages 1919-1922

  Ahmed, Tahmeed ^a   Ali, Mohammad ^a   Ullah, Mohammad M ^a   Choudhury, Ireen A ^a   Haque, Mohammad E ^a   Salam, Mohammad A ^a   Rabbani, Golam H ^a   Suskind, Robert M ^b   Fuchs, George J ^a,b,c  

^a ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

ACIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG USE; EDEMA; FECES; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0033526555     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)07499-6     Document Type: Article

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