Mortality pattern within twenty-four hours of emergency paediatric admission in a resource-poor nation health facility;Mortalité Pattern dans les vingt-quatre heures de l'admission d'urgence pédiatrique dans un Centre de ressources des pauvres nations de la santé

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 249-252

  Adeboye, M A N ^a   Ojuawo, A ^a   Ernest, S K ^a   Fadeyi, A ^a   Salisu, O T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Children; Emergency admissions; Malaria; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN CARE; NIGERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; PATIENT ADMISSION; PEDIATRICS; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952196757     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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