Mini-review: Management of hypoglycaemia in children aged 0-59 months

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 227-234

  Achoki, Robin ^a   Opiyo, Newton ^a   English, Mike ^a,b  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Dextrose; Glucose; Hypoglycaemia; Newborn

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; SUGAR;

BREAST MILK; CHILD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; THERMOREGULATION;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KENYA; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955033530     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp109     Document Type: Review

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