Prospective, controlled study of the outcome of human immunodeficiency virus-1 antibody-positive children admitted to an intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 963-967

  Jeena, Prakash M ^a   Coovadia, Hoosen M ^a   Bhagwanjee, Satish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS; Ethics, medical; HIV infections; Infectious diseases; Mortality; Patient outcome assessment; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0029943045     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199606000-00015     Document Type: Article

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