Indicators of life-threatening malaria in African children.
BACKGROUND: About 90 percent of the deaths from malaria are in African children, but criteria to guide the recognition and management of severe malaria have not been validated in them. METHODS: We conducted a prospective study of all children admitted to the pediatric ward of a Kenyan district hosp...
Main Authors: | Marsh, K, Forster, D, Waruiru, C, Mwangi, I, Winstanley, M, Marsh, V, Newton, C, Winstanley, P, Warn, P, Peshu, N |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
1995
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