Anaemia and blood transfusion in African children presenting to hospital with severe febrile illness

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kiguli, Sarah ^a   Maitland, Kathryn ^b,c   George, Elizabeth C ^d   Olupot Olupot, Peter ^e   Opoka, Robert O ^a   Engoru, Charles ^f   Akech, Samuel O ^b   Nyeko, Richard ^g   Mtove, George ^h   Reyburn, Hugh ^h   Levin, Michael ^c   Babiker, Abdel G ^d   Gibb, Diana M ^d   Crawley, Jane ^d,i  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b Kilifi Clinical Trials Facility   (Kenya)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e Mbale Regional Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

^f Soroti Regional Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

^g St Mary's Hospital   (Uganda)

^h Teule Hospital   (Tanzania)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Anaemia; Blood transfusion; Children; FEAST trial; Malaria; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; INFUSION FLUID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AFRICAN; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEPSIS; UGANDA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AFRICA; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MORTALITY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; SEPSIS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84924069984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-014-0246-7     Document Type: Article

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