Prediction of severe disease in children with diarrhea in a resource-limited setting.

To investigate the accuracy of three clinical scales for predicting severe disease (severe dehydration or death) in children with diarrhea in a resource-limited setting.Participants included 178 children admitted to three Rwandan hospitals with diarrhea. A local physician or nurse assessed each chil...

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Main Authors: Adam C Levine, Richard M Munyaneza, Justin Glavis-Bloom, Vanessa Redditt, Hannah C Cockrell, Bantu Kalimba, Valentin Kabemba, Juvenal Musavuli, Mathias Gakwerere, Jean Paul de Charles Umurungi, Sachita P Shah, Peter C Drobac
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3857792?pdf=render