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100			_aKasambala, Andrew _d CUHAS/MD/4000152/T/07 _920482
245			_aPrevalence of Sickle Cell Anaemia Among Children Admitted at General Pediatric Ward from July to September 2011at Bagamoyo District Hospital.
260			_aMwanza, Tanzania: _b Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando]: _b Phone: +255 28 298 3384 : _b Fax: +255 28 298 3386 : _b Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz : _bWebsite: www.bugando.ac.tz : _c ©2012
300			_a30 Pages
300			_aIncludes Refferences and Appendices
520			_aAbstract: Hospital based cross sectional retrospective study was done at MNH paediatric ward to find out the common clinical presentations among SCA children admitted at MHN general peadiatric ward from December 2004 to December 2005 A total of 148 SCA children were studied of whom 56.76% were males and 43.24% were females. The age group 3-5 years contributed to a higher proportion by 44.59% of the total studies population. From the study, the findings showed that SCA is more prevalent in males (56.76%) than in females (43.24%) A higher proportion of SCA were found to present with anemia crisis (31.76%) followed by painful crisis (22.30%). Malaria and pneumonia were found to be the most common causes of morbidity among SCA children with accounted for 33.78% and 26.35% respectively.
600			_xPediatrics and Child Health _948299
700			_a Manyama, Epaphura. Festo _920237
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