Case management of severe malaria - a forgotten practice: Experiences from health facilities in Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Achan, Jane ^a   Tibenderana, James ^b,c   Kyabayinze, Daniel ^b   Mawejje, Henry ^b   Mugizi, Rukaaka ^b   Mpeka, Betty ^b   Talisuna, Ambrose ^d   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^e  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; GLUCOSE; QUININE;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SAMPLING; UGANDA; HOSPITALIZATION;

CASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALARIA; UGANDA;

EID: 79952310189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017053     Document Type: Article

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