The Lambaréné Organ Dysfunction Score (LODS) is a simple clinical predictor of fatal malaria in African children

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 200, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1834-1841

  Helbok, Raimund ^a,c,j   Kendjo, Eric ^a,d   Issifou, Saadou ^a,d   Lackner, Peter ^c   Newton, Charles R ^f,g   Kombila, Maryvonne ^b   Agbenyega, Tsiri ^h   Bojang, Kalifa ⁱ   Dietz, Klaus ^e   Schmutzhard, Erich ^c   Kremsner, Peter Gottfried ^a,d  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d Institute of Tropical Medicine   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

ⁱ MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^j NONE   (Austria)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PAROMOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GHANA; HUMAN; HYPERPNEA; KENYA; LAMBARENE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GABON; GAMBIA; GHANA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 71949130039     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648409     Document Type: Article

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