Evaluation of simple clinical signs of illness in young infants (0-2 months) and its Correlation with WHO IMCI algorithm (7 days to 2 months)

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1042-1049

  Goswami, Vivek ^a,b   Dutta, Ashok Kumar ^a   Singh, Varinder ^a   Chandra, Jagdish ^a  

^a KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (India)

^b LHMC   (India)

Author keywords

Illnesses; IMCI; IMNCI; Young infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL ERROR; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33845894966     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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