Table A1.1.
Exclusion Illnesses
Sickle cell disease |
Cystic fibrosis |
Cerebral Palsy |
Cancer |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection |
Organ transplant |
Liver failure |
Renal dialysis (except single inpatient episode) |
Respiratory failure |
Other potentially lethal diseases of childhood (metabolic diseases, aplastic anemia, congenital immune deficiencies, lethal chromosomal anomalies) |