Clinical risk index for babies (CRIB) ii score as a predictor of neonatal mortality among low birth weight babies at kenyatta national hospital

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-23

  Marete, I K ^a   Wasunna, A O ^b   Otieno, P A ^c  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE BALANCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; KENYA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84904821327     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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