Risk factors in hospital deaths in severely malnourished children in Kampala, Uganda

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bachou, Hanifa ^a,b   Tumwine, James K ^a   Mwadime, Robert K N ^a   Tylleskär, Thorkild ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN MALARIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; MICROBIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; UGANDA;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UGANDA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33744790298     PISSN: 14712431     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-6-7     Document Type: Article

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