Fluid management of severefalciparum malaria in African children

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 67-70

  Pamba, Allan ^a   Maitland, Kathryn ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; AIRWAY; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BREATHING; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FATALITY; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHILD; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOVOLEMIA; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE;

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EID: 2342473287     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550403400203     Document Type: Review

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