Point-of-care measurement of blood lactate in children admitted with febrile illness to an African District Hospital

Background.Lactic acidosis is a consistent predictor of mortality owing to severe infectious disease, but its detection in low-income settings is limited to the clinical sign of "deep breathing" because of the lack of accessible technology for its measurement. We evaluated the use of a poi...

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Main Authors: George Mtove, Behzad Nadjm, Ilse C E Hendriksen, Ben Amos, Florida Muro, Jim Todd, Hugh Reyburn
Other Authors: National Institute for Medical Research Tanga
Format: Article
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/12316
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Institution: Mahidol University