Risk factors for death among children less than 5 years old hospitalized with diarrhea in rural western Kenya, 2005-2007: a cohort study

Diarrhea is a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Data on risk factors for mortality are limited. We conducted hospital-based surveillance to characterize the etiology of diarrhea and identify risk factors for death among children hospitalized with diarrhea in r...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PLoS medicine 2012-07, Vol.9 (7), p.e1001256
Hauptverfasser:	O'Reilly, Ciara E, Jaron, Peter, Ochieng, Benjamin, Nyaguara, Amek, Tate, Jacqueline E, Parsons, Michele B, Bopp, Cheryl A, Williams, Kara A, Vinjé, Jan, Blanton, Elizabeth, Wannemuehler, Kathleen A, Vulule, John, Laserson, Kayla F, Breiman, Robert F, Feikin, Daniel R, Widdowson, Marc-Alain, Mintz, Eric
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Distribution Causes of Child Mortality Child, Preschool Children & youth Clinical Laboratory Techniques Complications and side effects Diarrhea Diarrhea - diagnosis Diarrhea - epidemiology Diarrhea - microbiology Disease control Fatalities Female Health aspects Health risk assessment Hospitalization Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Humans Infant Kenya - epidemiology Logistic Models Male Medical research Medicine Mortality Multivariate Analysis Population Surveillance Risk Factors Rural Population - statistics & numerical data Salmonella Shigella
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Zusammenfassung:	Diarrhea is a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Data on risk factors for mortality are limited. We conducted hospital-based surveillance to characterize the etiology of diarrhea and identify risk factors for death among children hospitalized with diarrhea in rural western Kenya. We enrolled all children
ISSN:	1549-1676 1549-1277 1549-1676
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pmed.1001256