Blood transfusion delay and outcome in county hospitals in Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 511-517

  Thomas, Julius ^a   Ayieko, Philip ^a   Ogero, Morris ^a   Gachau, Susan ^a   Makone, Boniface ^a   Nyachiro, Wycliffe ^a   Mbevi, George ^a   Chepkirui, Mercy ^a   Malla, Lucas ^a,b   Oliwa, Jacquie ^a   Irimu, Grace ^a,c   English, Mike ^a,b  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHEST WALL INDRAWING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; FEMALE; GRUNTING; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; KENYA; KENYAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PALLOR; PRESCRIPTION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; INFANT; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85014542540     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0735     Document Type: Article

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