Low validity of caretakers' reports on use of selected antimalarials and antibiotics in children with severe pneumonia at an urban hospital in Uganda

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-101

  Hildenwall, Helena ^a   Lindkvist, Jenny ^b   Tumwine, James K ^c   Bergqvist, Yngve ^b   Pariyo, George ^d   Tomson, Göran ^a   Peterson, Stefan ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Antimalarials; Child health; Malaria; Pneumonia; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; CHLOROQUINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FANSIDAR; GENTAMICIN; PARACETAMOL; QUININE; SULFADOXINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UGANDA; URBAN AREA; VALIDITY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PNEUMONIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SULFADOXINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; UGANDA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 56949104320     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.04.046     Document Type: Article

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