Haemoglobin colour scale for anaemia diagnosis where there is no laboratory: a systematic review.

PubWeight™: 1.24‹?› | Rank: Top 10%

🔗 View Article (PMID 16199438)

Published in Int J Epidemiol on September 30, 2005

Authors

Julia Critchley1, Imelda Bates

Author Affiliations

1: International Health Research Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK. juliac@liverpool.ac.uk

Articles by these authors

Malaria misdiagnosis: effects on the poor and vulnerable. Lancet (2004) 9.15

Severe anemia in Malawian children. N Engl J Med (2008) 5.20

Newer drug combinations for malaria. BMJ (2004) 4.08

Malaria and urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa. Malar J (2005) 2.56

Are laboratory services coming of age in sub-Saharan Africa? Clin Infect Dis (2005) 2.46

Transfusion-transmitted malaria in countries where malaria is endemic: a review of the literature from sub-Saharan Africa. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 1.78

Eosinophilia in returning travellers and migrants from the tropics: UK recommendations for investigation and initial management. J Infect (2010) 1.73

HIV-associated anemia in children: a systematic review from a global perspective. AIDS (2008) 1.60

Urban malaria and anaemia in children: a cross-sectional survey in two cities of Ghana. Trop Med Int Health (2006) 1.53

Managing national and international priorities: a framework for low-income countries. Med Educ (2012) 1.48

Household cost of malaria overdiagnosis in rural Mozambique. Malar J (2008) 1.38

Impact of introducing integrated quality assessment for tuberculosis and malaria microscopy in Kano, Nigeria. J Infect Dev Ctries (2009) 1.32

Frameworks for evaluating health research capacity strengthening: a qualitative study. Health Res Policy Syst (2013) 1.30

Causes of massive tropical splenomegaly in Ghana. Lancet (2002) 1.25

Indicators for tracking programmes to strengthen health research capacity in lower- and middle-income countries: a qualitative synthesis. Health Res Policy Syst (2014) 1.25

Towards building equitable health systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from case studies on operational research. Health Res Policy Syst (2009) 1.15

Development of a quality assurance handbook to improve educational courses in Africa. Hum Resour Health (2008) 1.12

Bacterial contamination of pediatric whole blood transfusions in a Kenyan hospital. Transfusion (2009) 1.09

Cohort trial reveals community impact of insecticide-treated nets on malariometric indices in urban Ghana. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2010) 1.05

Transfusion-transmitted malaria in Ghana. Clin Infect Dis (2013) 1.04

Pathophysiological mechanisms of severe anaemia in Malawian children. PLoS One (2010) 1.02

Laboratory costs of a hospital-based blood transfusion service in Malawi. J Clin Pathol (2007) 1.00

External financial aid to blood transfusion services in sub-Saharan Africa: a need for reflection. PLoS Med (2012) 0.98

Malaria: past problems and future prospects. After more than a decade of neglect, malaria is finally black on the agenda for both biomedical research and public health politics. EMBO Rep (2003) 0.89

UK-based real-time lymphoproliferative disorder diagnostic service to improve the management of patients in Ghana. J Hematop (2009) 0.89

Erythropoiesis in HIV-infected and uninfected Malawian children with severe anemia. AIDS (2010) 0.87

Severe acquired anaemia in Africa: new concepts. Br J Haematol (2011) 0.86

The microbiologic safety of umbilical cord blood transfusion for children with severe anemia in Mombasa, Kenya. Transfusion (2011) 0.85

Transfusion-transmitted syphilis in teaching hospital, Ghana. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 0.84

The quality of stored umbilical cord and adult-donated whole blood in Mombasa, Kenya. Transfusion (2009) 0.84

Impact of inconsistent policies for transfusion-transmitted malaria on clinical practice in Ghana. PLoS One (2012) 0.84

Quality in practice: implementation of hospital guidelines for patient identification in Malawi. Int J Qual Health Care (2012) 0.81

Urine dipstick as a screening test for urinary tract infection. Ann Trop Paediatr (2008) 0.81

Investigation of familial segregation of hyperreactive malarial splenomegaly in Kumasi, Ghana. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2005) 0.80

Utilization of ultrasound in medical inpatients in Malawi. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2013) 0.80

Always take a travel history in eosinophilia. BMJ (2011) 0.75

The outcome of a test-treat package versus routine outpatient care for Ghanaian children with fever: a pragmatic randomized control trial. Malar J (2014) 0.75

The importance of developing world haematology. Br J Haematol (2011) 0.75