Managing the sick child in the era of declining malaria transmission: Development of ALMANACH, an electronic algorithm for appropriate use of antimicrobials

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Rambaud Althaus, Clotilde ^a,b   Shao, Amani Flexson ^a,b,c   Kahama Maro, Judith ^d   Genton, Blaise ^a,b,e   D'acremont, Valérie ^a,b,e  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d City Medical Office of Health Dar es Salaam City Council ^*  (Tanzania)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DIARRHEA; DRUG USE; EAR INFECTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMONIA; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SYPHILIS; TANZANIAN; TYPHOID FEVER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PLASMODIUM; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SMARTPHONE; TANZANIA;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SMARTPHONE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84940519372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127674     Document Type: Article

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