Research Article | OPEN ACCESS
Childhood Asthma: Diagnostic Difficulties in Resource Limited Health Centres
1A.O. Ogah, 2A.G. Okoruwa, 3S. Akib and 2J.O.C. Ezeonwumelu
1Department of Paediatrics
2School of Pharmacy
3Department of Diagnostics, Kampala International University, Uganda
British Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology 2013 6:207-209
Received: March 23, 2012 | Accepted: May 10, 2012 | Published: December 25, 2013
Abstract
Case report of three and a half years old boy with recurrent chest problems which have been mismanaged in several health centres due to limited facility to make a proper diagnosis. This report is meant to highlight the difficulties asthmatic children and their caregivers face in resource limited health centres.
Keywords:
Asthma, childhood, diagnostic difficulties, KIUTH, mismanaged, resource limited, Uganda,
Competing interests
The authors have no competing interests.
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