Pattern of respiratory diseases seen among adults in an emergency room in a resource-poor nation health facility

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Desalu, Olufemi Olumuyiwa ^a   Ojo, Ololade Olusola ^b   Busari, Olusegun Adesola ^b   Fadeyi, Abayomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b Federal Medical Centre Ido Ekiti   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Disease pattern; Emergency Room; Nigeria; Resource poor country; Respiratory Disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COR PULMONALE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 84856356391     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/pamj.v9i1.71199     Document Type: Article

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