Child mortality after discharge from a health facility following suspected pneumonia, meningitis or septicaemia in rural Gambia: A cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Chhibber, Aakash Varun ^a   Hill, Philip C ^a   Jafali, James ^b   Jasseh, Momodou ^b   Hossain, Mohammad Ilias ^b   Ndiaye, Malick ^b   Pathirana, Jayani C ^b   Greenwood, Brian ^c   Mackenzie, Grant A ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Medical Research Council UK   (Gambia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; GAMBIA; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MENINGITIS; NECK STIFFNESS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RIGIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPTICEMIA; Z SCORE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SEPSIS;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PNEUMONIA; RURAL POPULATION; SEPSIS;

EID: 84944789917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137095     Document Type: Article

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