Anaemia among patients with congestive cardiac failure in Uganda - Its impact on treatment outcomes

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 876-880

  Kuule, Julius Kabbali ^a   Seremba, Emmanuel ^b   Freers, Juergen ^b  

^a GULU UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71949110543     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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