Hypoglycaemia in a Nigerian paediatric emergency ward

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 96-102

  Elusiyan, J B E ^a   Adejuyigbe, E A ^a   Adeodu, O O ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INFUSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC COMA; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PEDIATRIC WARD; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; SEPTICEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33645875858     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmi068     Document Type: Article

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