Pre-transfusion management of children with severe malarial anaemia: A randomised controlled trial of intravascular volume expansion

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 393-400

  Maitland, Kathryn ^a,b,f   Pamba, Allan ^a   English, Michael ^a,c   Peshu, N ^a   Levin, Michael ^b   Marsh, K ^a,d   Newton, Charles R J C ^a,e  

^a Ctr for Geogr Medicine Research   (Kenya)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Anaemia; Children; Malaria; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; HUMAN ALBUMIN; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACIDOSIS; ALKALOSIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FLUID THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; KENYA; LUNG EDEMA; MALARIA; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OLIGURIA; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SEIZURE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SIDE EFFECT;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOVOLEMIA; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMA SUBSTITUTES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13444271632     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.05312.x     Document Type: Article

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