Clinico-epidemiological profile and predictors of severe illness in young infants (0-59 days) in Ghana

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-43

  Yeboah Antwi, Kojo ^a,e   Addo Yobo, E ^b   Adu Sarkodie, Y ^b   Carlin, J B ^c   Plange Rhule, G ^b   Akoto, A Osei ^b   Weber, M W ^d   Hamer, D H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CHEST INDRAWING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONVULSION; COUGHING; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EYE DISEASE; FEEDING DISORDER; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GHANA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; JAUNDICE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NURSE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEPSIS; SKIN DISEASE; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN DISEASE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STANDARD;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GHANA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFECTION; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SKIN DISEASES; TRIAGE;

EID: 47549119506     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532808X270653     Document Type: Article

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