Emergency triage assessment for hypoxaemia in neonates and young children in a Kenyan hospital: An observational study

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 263-270

  Mwaniki, Michael K ^a   Nokes, D James ^a   Ignas, James ^a   Munywoki, Patrick ^a   Ngama, Mwanajuma ^a   Newton, Charles R J C ^a   Maitland, Kathryn ^a   Berkley, James A ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BODY CONDITION; CHILD HEALTH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HYPOXIA; IDENTIFICATION METHOD;

ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; KENYA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SHOCK;

ANOXIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 65349132383     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.049148     Document Type: Article

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