Effectiveness of blood transfusions and risk factors for mortality in children aged from 1month to 4years at the Bon Marché Hospital, Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1457-1464

  Mueller, Yolanda ^a   Bastard, Mathieu ^a   Ehounou, Geneviève ^b   Itama, Jeff ^c   Quéré, Michel ^b   de la Tour, Roberto ^b   Vala, Louis ^b   Etard, Jean François ^a   Bottineau, Marie Claude ^b  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c National Program for Blood Transfusion   (Democratic Republic Congo)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Mortality; Paediatric; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BLOOD; CHILD; DATA SET; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHEST INFECTION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; MALNUTRITION; MENINGITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FACTEURS DE RISQUE; FACTORES DE RIESGO; MORTALIDAD; MORTALITÉ; MORTALITY; PAEDIATRIC; PÉDIATRIQUE; PEDIATRÍA; RDC; REPÚBLICA DEMOCRÁTICA DEL CONGO; RISK FACTORS; TRANSFUSIÓN DE SANGRE; TRANSFUSION SANGUINE;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

EID: 84869867123     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03095.x     Document Type: Article

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