Reduction of unnecessary transfusion and intravenous fluids in severely malnourished children is not enough to reduce mortality

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-33

  Bachou, Hanifa ^a,c   Tumwine, James K ^a   Mwadime, Robert K N ^a   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^d   Tylleskar, Thorkild ^b,c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; FOLIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; INFUSION FLUID; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; RETINOL; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZATION; SURVIVAL; UGANDA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DEHYDRATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PEDIATRICS; UGANDA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 47549111376     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532808X270644     Document Type: Article

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