In-hospital risk estimation in children with malaria - Early predictors of morbidity and mortality

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 184-191

  Winkler, Andrea Sylvia ^a,b   Salmhofer, Georg ^c   Helbok, Raimund ^c   Kalokola, Festus ^d   Matuja, William ^d   Schmutzhard, Erich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d MUHIMBILI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; QUININE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLANTYRE COMA SCALE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMPLIFIED MULTI ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; TANZANIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 45149098185     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmm108     Document Type: Article

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