Can generic scores (Pediatric Risk of Mortality and Pediatric Index of Mortality) replace specific scores in predicting the outcome of presumed meningococcal septic shock in children?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1239-1246

  Leteurtre, Stéphane ^a   Leclerc, Francis ^a   Martinot, Alain ^a   Cremer, Robin ^a   Fourier, Catherine ^a   Sadik, Ahmed ^a   Grandbastien, Bruno ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Meningococcemia; Pediatric index of mortality score; Pediatric risk of mortality score; Septic shock; Severity score

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURPURA; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPTIC SHOCK;

EID: 0034988822     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200106000-00033     Document Type: Article

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