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Case Management of Severe Malaria - A Forgotten Practice: Experiences from Health Facilities in Uganda

INTRODUCTION: Severe malaria is a life-threatening medical emergency and requires prompt and effective treatment to prevent death. There is paucity of published information on current practices of severe malaria case management in sub-Saharan Africa; we evaluated the management practices for severe...

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Autores principales:	Achan, Jane, Tibenderana, James, Kyabayinze, Daniel, Mawejje, Henry, Mugizi, Rukaaka, Mpeka, Betty, Talisuna, Ambrose, D'Alessandro, Umberto
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2011
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3046961/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21390301 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017053

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