Immediate outcome and prognostic factors for cerebral malaria among children admitted to Mulago Hospital, Uganda

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-24

  Idro, Richard ^a   Karamagi, Charles ^a   Tumwine, James ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; QUININE;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; MALARIA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD LIMB; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DEHYDRATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UGANDA;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA;

AFRICA; CENTRAL PROVINCE [UGANDA]; EAST AFRICA; KAMPALA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 1642370740     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249304225013240     Document Type: Article

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