Meningococcal septic shock in children: Clinical and laboratory features, outcome, and development of a prognostic score

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 640-646

  Kornelisse, René F ^b   Hazelzet, Jan A ^b   Hop, Wim C J ^b   Spanjaard, Lodewijk ^b   Suur, Marja H ^b   Van Der Voort, Edwin ^b   De Groot, Ronald ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; CENTOXIN; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; INOTROPIC AGENT; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM ION;

ADOLESCENT; ALKALOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEWBORN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SEPTIC SHOCK; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0030769222     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513759     Document Type: Article

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