Hypothetical performance of syndrome-based management of acute paediatric admissions of children aged more than 60 days in a Kenyan district hospital

Hypothetical performance of syndrome-based management of acute paediatric admissions of children aged more than 60 days in a Kenyan district hospital

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the outpatient, syndrome-based approach of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) protocol could be extended to the inpatient arena to give clear and simple minimum standards of care for poorly resourced facilities. METHODS: A prospective, one-year ad...

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Main Authors: English Mike, Berkley James, Mwangi Isiah, Mohammed Shebbe, Ahmed Maimuna, Osier Faith, Muturi Neema, Ogutu Bernhards, Marsh Kevin, Newton Charles R.J.C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2003-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Acute disease/therapy
Critical illness/therapy
Syndrome
Pneumonia/diagnosis
Pneumonia/drug therapy
Malaria/diagnosis
Malaria/drug therapy
Diarrhea/diagnosis
Diarrhea/drug therapy
Child nutrition disorders/diagnosis
Child nutrition disorders/therapy
Meningitis/diagnosis
Meningitis/drug therapy
Bacteremia/diagnosis
Bacteremia/drug therapy
Infant
Child
Preschool
Models
Theoretical
Prospective studies
Kenya
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862003000300006

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