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Anaemia and blood transfusion in African children presenting to hospital with severe febrile illness

BACKGROUND: Severe anaemia in children is a leading cause of hospital admission and a major cause of mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, yet there are limited published data on blood transfusion in this vulnerable group. METHODS: We present data from a large controlled trial of fluid resuscitation (Flu...

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Autores principales: Kiguli, Sarah, Maitland, Kathryn, George, Elizabeth C, Olupot-Olupot, Peter, Opoka, Robert O, Engoru, Charles, Akech, Samuel O, Nyeko, Richard, Mtove, George, Reyburn, Hugh, Levin, Michael, Babiker, Abdel G, Gibb, Diana M, Crawley, Jane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4313469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25640706
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-014-0246-7