Prognostic indices in childhood heart failure

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 325-328

  Omokhodion, S I ^a   Lagunju, I A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Childhood; Heart failure; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART PRESERVATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OPEN HEART SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC WARD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NIGERIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31744432703     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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