Management of meningitis in children with oral fluid restriction or intravenous fluid at maintenance volumes: A randomised trial

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-157

  Duke, Trevor ^a   Mokela, David ^a   Frank, Dale ^a   Michael, Audrey ^a   Paulo, Theresa ^a   Mgone, Joyce ^a   Kurubi, Jonah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CORTICOSTEROID; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; HYPOTONIC SOLUTION; INFUSION FLUID; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; MANNITOL; OXYGEN; PARALDEHYDE; PHENOBARBITAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CHILD HEALTH; DRINKING; HEALTH CARE; MENINGITIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BREAST MILK; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYELID EDEMA; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NOSE FEEDING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; WATER DEPRIVATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDEMA; EYELID DISEASES; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MILK, HUMAN; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0036265417     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249302125000878     Document Type: Article

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