Abnormal blood glucose concentrations on admission to a rural Kenyan district hospital: prevalence and outcome

• Published in: Archives of disease in childhood Vol. 88; no. 7; pp. 621 - 625
• Main Authors: Osier, F H A, Berkley, J A, Ross, A, Sanderson, F, Mohammed, S, Newton, C R J C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 01.07.2003; BMJ; BMJ Publishing Group Ltd; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Age Distribution; Biological and medical sciences; Blood; Breastfeeding & lactation; Care and treatment; Cerebral Palsy; Child, Preschool; clinical association; Consent; Definitions; Diabetes; Ethnic Groups; Glucose; Hospitalization; Hospitals; Humans; Hyperglycemia - epidemiology; hypoglycaemia; Hypoglycemia; Hypoglycemia - epidemiology; Hypoglycemia - etiology; Hypoglycemia - mortality; Illnesses; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Kenya - epidemiology; Malaria; Malnutrition; Medical sciences; Metabolic diseases; Methods; Miscellaneous; Mortality; Neonates; Nutrition; Observational studies; Original; Other metabolic disorders; Patient outcomes; Prevalence; Regression (Statistics); Respiration; Risk Factors; Rural areas; Rural Health; Rural Population; Statistics as Topic; Studies; Survival Rate; Tropical diseases; Tropical medicine; Vector-borne diseases; Kenya; Africa; Human; Rural environment; Prognosis; Prevalence; Hypoglycemia; Child; Epidemiology

Aims: To determine the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and outcome of hypoglycaemia on admission in children at a rural Kenyan district hospital. Methods: Observational study of 3742 children (including 280 neonates) in Kilifi District Hospital, Kenya. Main outcome measures: hypoglycaemia (blo...