Which clinical signs predict severe illness in children less than 2 months of age in resource poor countries?

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-8

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APNEA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; STOMACH DISTENSION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYPNEA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALARIA; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79251620411     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmr001     Document Type: Review

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