Co-diagnoses in hospitalised children – revealing the cause of admission in a malaria endemic area
Krumkamp, R.; Hogan, B.; Eibach, D.; Sarpong, N.; Kreuels, B.; Maiga-Ascofaré, O.; Adu-Sarkodie, Y.; Owusu-Dabo, E.; May, J. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2017 · Heft 8/09 · S. 1 bis 1
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In tropical settings many children attending a hospital suffer from multiple diseases. Especially in areas with a high malaria prevalence co-diagnoses with malaria are common. In these children it is unclear whether they suffer from two independent illnesses or whether they have a symptomatic disease along with an uncomplicated co-diagnosis. In hospital-based case-control studies negative associations between symptomatic diseases are observed, when both diseases are associated with hospitalisation (i. e. , Berkson's Bias). Utilising this effect, we estimated which groups of diseases are a likely cause for hospit…
