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Prevalence and outcome of stress hyperglycaemia among severely malnourished children admitted to Mulago referral and teaching hospital in Kampala, Uganda

BACKGROUND: Stress hyperglycaemia is a transient increase in blood glucose level during stressful events and is common in critically ill children. Several studies have demonstrated increased risk of mortality in these children. There is paucity of information on this subject in sub Saharan Africa. T...

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Autores principales: Tumwebaze, Anita, Kiboneka, Elizabeth, Mugalu, Jamir, Kikabi, Edward M., Tumwine, James K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7050710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32153910
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40795-018-0258-3