Phase II trial of standard versus increased transfusion volume in Ugandan children with acute severe anemia

BMC Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Olupot Olupot, Peter ^a   Engoru, Charles ^b   Thompson, Jennifer ^c   Nteziyaremye, Julius ^c   Chebet, Martin ^a   Ssenyondo, Tonny ^a   Dambisya, Cornelius M ^a   Okuuny, Vicent ^b   Wokulira, Ronald ^b   Amorut, Denis ^b   Ongodia, Paul ^a   Mpoya, Ayub ^d   Williams, Thomas N ^d,e   Uyoga, Sophie ^d   Macharia, Alex ^d   Gibb, Diana M ^c   Walker, A S ^c   Maitland, Kathryn ^d,e  

^a Mbale Regional Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

^b Soroti Regional Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

^c MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^e WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African children; Clinical trial; Infectious disease; Severe anemia; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN A;

ADULT; AGE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARREST; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SEVERE ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; UGANDA; ACUTE DISEASE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AFRICA; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFRICA; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 84900386913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-12-67     Document Type: Article

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