Mortality after fluid bolus in African children with severe infection

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 2483-2495

  Maitland, Kathryn ^a,b   Kiguli, Sarah ^d   Opoka, Robert O ^d   Engoru, Charles ^e   Olupot Olupot, Peter ^f   Akech, Samuel O ^a   Nyeko, Richard ^g   Mtove, George ^h   Reyburn, Hugh ^h   Lang, Trudie ^a   Brent, Bernadette ^a,b   Evans, Jennifer A ⁱ   Tibenderana, James K ^j   Crawley, Jane ^c   Russell, Elizabeth C ^c   Levin, Michael ^b   Babiker, Abdel G ^c   Gibb, Diana M ^c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e Soroti Regional Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

^f Mbale Regional Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

^g Saint Mary Hospital   (Uganda)

^h Teule Hospital   (Tanzania)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AFRICAN; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; KENYA; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOCK; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

EID: 79959781597     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1101549     Document Type: Article

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