Childhood heart failure in Ibadan

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-45

  Lagunju, I A ^a   Omokhodion, S I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Childhood; Congestive heart failure

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEPTICEMIA; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NIGERIA; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0042208744     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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