A two-year review of medical admissions at the emergency unit of a Nigerian tertiary health facility

African Journal of Biomedical Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-63

  Ogah, O S ^a   Akinyemi, R O ^b   Adesemowo, A ^b   Ogbodo, E I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Abeokuta; Communicable; Emergency; Medical admissions; Nigeria; Non communicable

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SKIN DISEASE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84869053099     PISSN: 11195096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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