Multicenter study of hypoxemia prevalence and quality of oxygen treatment for hospitalized Malawian children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 285-292

  McCollum, Eric D ^a,b   Bjornstad, Erica ^b   Preidis, Geoffrey A ^c   Hosseinipour, Mina C ^d   Lufesi, Norman ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Africa; Hypoxemia; Integrated Management of Childhood Illness; Pediatrics; Pneumonia; Pulse oximetry

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PULSE OXIMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANOXIA; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MALE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84883047189     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trt017     Document Type: Article

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