The spectrum of hypoxaemia in children admitted to hospital in The Gambia, West Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 367-372

  Junge, Sonja ^a   Palmer, Ayo ^b   Greenwood, Brian M ^c,d   Kim Mulholland, E ^c   Weber, Martin W ^c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute lower respiratory infection; Hypoxaemia; Malaria; Outcome predictor; The gambia

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TREATMENT; MALARIA;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANOXEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MENINGITIS; OXYGEN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

AFRICA; GAMBIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33644824099     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01570.x     Document Type: Article

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