Perturbations in electrolyte levels in Kenyan children with severe malaria complicated by acidosis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-16

  Maitland, Kathryn ^a,b   Pamba, Allan ^a   Fegan, Greg ^a,c   Njuguna, Patricia ^a   Nadel, Simon ^b   Newton, Charles R J C ^b,d   Lowe, Brett ^b,e  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ACIDOSIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMALS; CHILD; ELECTROLYTES; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM;

EID: 11144242085     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426022     Document Type: Article

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