The accuracy of the clinical histories given by mothers of seriously ill African children.
The mothers of 87 Gambian children with a potentially fatal illness were interviewed at the time that their children were admitted to hospital and attempts were made to establish a diagnosis using the mothers' history alone. In 66 cases (76%) initial diagnoses corresponded to the diagnoses esta...
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| author | Alonso, P Bowman, A Marsh, K Greenwood, B |
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| description | The mothers of 87 Gambian children with a potentially fatal illness were interviewed at the time that their children were admitted to hospital and attempts were made to establish a diagnosis using the mothers' history alone. In 66 cases (76%) initial diagnoses corresponded to the diagnoses established finally by clinical and laboratory investigations. Diagnoses established at second interviews held with 51 mothers 1 month after their children had left hospital were accurate in 88% of cases. Gambian mothers can describe accurately a serious illness in their children and they can, therefore, be relied upon to give accurate information about an illness from which a child has died. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:46f7c702-b876-43af-99d0-e4293fe3378d2022-03-26T15:17:10ZThe accuracy of the clinical histories given by mothers of seriously ill African children.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:46f7c702-b876-43af-99d0-e4293fe3378dEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1987Alonso, PBowman, AMarsh, KGreenwood, BThe mothers of 87 Gambian children with a potentially fatal illness were interviewed at the time that their children were admitted to hospital and attempts were made to establish a diagnosis using the mothers' history alone. In 66 cases (76%) initial diagnoses corresponded to the diagnoses established finally by clinical and laboratory investigations. Diagnoses established at second interviews held with 51 mothers 1 month after their children had left hospital were accurate in 88% of cases. Gambian mothers can describe accurately a serious illness in their children and they can, therefore, be relied upon to give accurate information about an illness from which a child has died. |
| spellingShingle | Alonso, P Bowman, A Marsh, K Greenwood, B The accuracy of the clinical histories given by mothers of seriously ill African children. |
| title | The accuracy of the clinical histories given by mothers of seriously ill African children. |
| title_full | The accuracy of the clinical histories given by mothers of seriously ill African children. |
| title_fullStr | The accuracy of the clinical histories given by mothers of seriously ill African children. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The accuracy of the clinical histories given by mothers of seriously ill African children. |
| title_short | The accuracy of the clinical histories given by mothers of seriously ill African children. |
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