Simplified multi-organ dysfunction score predicts disability in African children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 443-447

  Helbok, Raimund ^a   Issifou, Saadou ^b   Matsiegui, Pierre B ^b   Lackner, Peter ^a   Missinou, Michel A ^b   Kombila, Davy ^b   Dent, Wolfgang ^a   Schmutzhard, Erich ^a   Kremsner, Peter G ^c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; QUININE;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33750599554     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.443     Document Type: Article

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