Predicting mortality among hospitalized children with respiratory illness in Western Kenya, 2009-2012

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Emukule, Gideon O ^a   McMorrow, Meredith ^b   Ulloa, Chulie ^c   Khagayi, Sammy ^a   Njuguna, Henry N ^a   Burton, Deron ^a   Montgomery, Joel M ^a   Muthoka, Philip ^d   Katz, Mark A ^e   Breiman, Robert F ^f   Mott, Joshua A ^a  

^a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DRINKING; FEEDING DIFFICULTY; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORBIDITY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84899740094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092968     Document Type: Article

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