A revised clinical method for assessment of severity of acute bacterial meningitis

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-44

  Akpede, George O ^a   Jalo, Ilaya ^a   Dawodu, Simeon O ^a  

^a Otibhor Okhae Teaching Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MODEL; MUSCLE TONE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036130161     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249302125000139     Document Type: Article

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