Ability of mothers to assess the presence of fever in their children: Implication for the treatment of fever under the IMCI guidelines

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 173-176

  Wammanda, R D ^a   Onazi, S O ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Fever; Mothers; Palpation; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PALPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETER;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PALPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 77749254794     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.57240     Document Type: Article

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