Evaluation of Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM) scoring in African children with falciparum malaria

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-47

  Gérardin, Patrick ^a,b   Rogier, Christophe ^c   Leteurtre, Stéphane ^d   Jouvencel, Philippe ^a   Ka, Amadou Sidy ^a   Imbert, Patrick ^a,e  

^a HÔPITAL PRINCIPAL DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^b Groupe hospitalier Sud Réunion   (France)

^c SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^d LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e SERVICE D ENDOCRINOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Children; Intensive care; Malaria; Pediatric Risk of Mortality scoring; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PEDIATRIC RISK OF MORTALITY SCORING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SENEGAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646105642     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000192321.66637.E6     Document Type: Article

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