Children's surgery cancelled due to malaria and anaemia.
At our hospital 461 children were admitted for elective orthopaedic and reconstructivesurgery between January and December 2003; 90 of these (19.5%) were positive for malaria, and 37 (8%) had haemoglobin levels below 8 g/dL. The mean delay between admission and operation was five days for patients w...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2007
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