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Changing trends in blood transfusion in children and neonates admitted in Kilifi District Hospital, Kenya

BACKGROUND: Severe anaemia is a common cause for hospitalization in children in sub-Saharan Africa. Malaria plays an important aetiological role, resulting in a substantial burden of paediatric transfusion in hospitals. A decline in malaria and paediatric admissions to the Kilifi District Hospital h...

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Autores principales: Pedro, Rosalon, Akech, Samuel, Maitland, Kathryn
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2991344/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21034494
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-307