Clinico-epidemiological profile and validation of symptoms and signs of severe illness in young infants (<60 days) reporting to a district hospital

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 751-759

  Narang, Anil ^a   Kumar, P ^a   Narang, R ^b   Ray, P ^a   Carlin, J B ^e   Greenwood, P ^c   Muley, P ^e   Misra, S ^a   Weber, M ^d  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b General Hospital   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e PGIMER ^*

Author keywords

Clinical signs; Hospitalization; Integrated management of neonatal and childhood illness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NURSE MIDWIFE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 35649014259     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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