Evaluation of clinical pallor in the identification and treatment of children with moderate and severe anaemia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 805-810

  Muhe, Lulu ^a   Oljira, Birhane ^b   Degefu, Hirut ^b   Jaffar, Shabbar ^c   Weber, Martin W ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Case management; Child; Clinical signs; Malaria; Pallor

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NAIL BED; PALLOR; PARASITEMIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPLENOMEGALY; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TONGUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PALLOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034536163     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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