RISK-FACTORS FOR FATAL DIARRHEA - A CASE-CONTROL STUDY OF ETHIOPIAN CHILDREN

被引:12
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LINDTJORN, B
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[1] Centre of International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen
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10.3109/00365549109023402
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R51 [传染病];
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100401 ;
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A retrospective case-control study of children < 5 years of age with diarrhoea was conducted at a hospital in southern Ethiopia. 21 cases (deaths) and 84 controls were studied. Severe dehydration, fever, pneumonia, acute and chronic malnutrition and age > 12 months were risk factors significantly associated with death. A simple score system to identify children at risk of dying is presented.
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