The impact of HIV on the profile of paediatric admissions and deaths at Pelonomi Hospital, Bloemfontein, South Africa [4]

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 391-392

  van Deventer, J D ^a   Carter, C L ^a   Schoeman, C J ^a   Joubert, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ASTHMA; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; GASTROENTERITIS; HEART FAILURE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MENINGITIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; SEPTICEMIA; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADMITTING DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 31044443208     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmi038     Document Type: Letter

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