The outcome of children admitted to intensive care with meningococcal septicaemia

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-263

  Mok, Q ^a   Butt, W ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Meningococcal septicaemia; Severity score

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLOID; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG THERAPY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029989612     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01712247     Document Type: Article

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