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Predictors of hypoglycemia among children admitted in the Emergency Pediatric Unit of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Nigeria

Ruqayyatu A. Imam, Hassan A. Elechi, Hauwa Y. Musa, Adamu I. Rabasa and Habiba B. Bakari
Saudi Medical Journal January 2025, 46 (1) 78-85; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2025.46.1.20240679
Ruqayyatu A. Imam
From the Department of Pediatrics (Imam, Musa), University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital; from the Department of Pediatrics (Elechi, Rabasa), College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Bakari), College of Medical Sciences, Modibo Adama University, Yola, Nigeria.
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Hassan A. Elechi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Imam, Musa), University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital; from the Department of Pediatrics (Elechi, Rabasa), College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Bakari), College of Medical Sciences, Modibo Adama University, Yola, Nigeria.
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Hauwa Y. Musa
From the Department of Pediatrics (Imam, Musa), University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital; from the Department of Pediatrics (Elechi, Rabasa), College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Bakari), College of Medical Sciences, Modibo Adama University, Yola, Nigeria.
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Adamu I. Rabasa
From the Department of Pediatrics (Imam, Musa), University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital; from the Department of Pediatrics (Elechi, Rabasa), College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Bakari), College of Medical Sciences, Modibo Adama University, Yola, Nigeria.
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Habiba B. Bakari
From the Department of Pediatrics (Imam, Musa), University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital; from the Department of Pediatrics (Elechi, Rabasa), College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Bakari), College of Medical Sciences, Modibo Adama University, Yola, Nigeria.
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Saudi Medical Journal Jan 2025, 46 (1) 78-85; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2025.46.1.20240679
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