An evaluation of the clinical assessments of Under-Five febrile children presenting to primary health facilities in rural Ghana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Baiden, Frank ^a   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^a,b   Bawah, Justina ^a   Bruce, Jane ^b   Tivura, Mathilda ^a   Delmini, Rupert ^a   Gyaase, Stephaney ^a   Amenga Etego, Seeba ^a   Chandramohan, Daniel ^b   Webster, Jayne ^b  

^a KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; EAR DISEASE; FEEDING DISORDER; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL AREA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING; EVALUATION; INFANT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEVER; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 83255181731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028944     Document Type: Article

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