Prevalence, aetiology, treatment and outcomes of shock in children admitted to Kenyan hospitals

BACKGROUND: Shock may complicate several acute childhood illnesses in hospitals within low-income countries and has a high case fatality. Hypovolemic shock secondary to diarrhoea/dehydration and septic shock are thought to be common, but there are few reliable data on prevalence or treatment that di...

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Autores principales: Mbevi, George, Ayieko, Philip, Irimu, Grace, Akech, Samuel, English, Mike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5111353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27846837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-016-0728-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5111353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27846837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-016-0728-x

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