Management of children with tuberculosis admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 403-407

  Heyns, Louis ^a   Gie, Robert P ^a   Kling, Sharon ^a   Samaai, Priscilla ^a   Schaaf, H Simon ^a   Beyers, Nulda ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Childhood tuberculosis; Mortality; Pediatric intensive care; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRACHEA OBSTRUCTION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031748290     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199805000-00011     Document Type: Article

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