Admission to hospital with childhood acute gastroenteritis in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-193

  Poo, M Izzuddin ^a   Lee, Way Seah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acute gastroenteritis; Admission

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ELECTROLYTE; INFUSION FLUID; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; DEATH; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRESCRIPTION; ROTAVIRUS; SEPTICEMIA; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAYSIA; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34548605796     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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