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Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine / Edited by Robert Davidson ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Oxford medical handbooks - mixedPublication details: United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, c2021.Edition: 5th edDescription: xxxii, 918 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cmISBN:
  • 9780198810858
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 Ref. 616.9883 OXF
Summary: "Of the 5.6 million deaths/yr that occur in children <5yrs, 2.5 million occur in the 1st month of life and 70% of the others are caused by acute respiratory infections, diarrhoea, measles, and malaria, +/- malnutrition. Many very sick children present with clinical features of more than one diagnosis; thus a single diag-nosis at admission may be impossible. In many low-resource settings, there is no paediatrician and sick children are managed by non-specialists"--
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Reference books Hamu Mukasa Library - Law and Science section; Level 3 School of Medicine Annex Collection Ref. 616.9883 OXF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out Not for loan 05.10.2022 156921
Reference books UCU School of Medicine Library School of Medicine Annex Collection Ref. 616.9883 OXF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 156922

Includes index.

"Of the 5.6 million deaths/yr that occur in children &lt;5yrs, 2.5 million occur in the 1st month of life and 70% of the others are caused by acute respiratory infections, diarrhoea, measles, and malaria, +/- malnutrition. Many very sick children present with clinical features of more than one diagnosis; thus a single diag-nosis at admission may be impossible. In many low-resource settings, there is no paediatrician and sick children are managed by non-specialists"--

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