Lactate as a predictor of mortality in Malawian children with WHO-defined pneumonia

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 336-342

  Ramakrishna, Bharat ^a   Graham, Stephen M ^a,b   Phiri, Ajib ^b   Mankhambo, Limangeni ^b   Duke, Trevor ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CHILD; DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERINFLATION; HYPERLACTATEMIA; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE OXIMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTIC ACID; MALAWI; MALE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859156206     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300920     Document Type: Article

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