Prospective validation of the glasgow meningococcal septicaemia prognostic score. Comparison with other scoring methods

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 161, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 531-537

  Riordan, Andrew F ^a,c   Marzouk, Omnia ^a   Thomson, Alistair P ^a   Sills, John A ^b   Hart, Anthony C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Meningococcal infection; Pro inflammatory cytokines; Septic shock; Severity scores

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; OBSERVATION; PEDIATRICS; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SCOTLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036392645     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-002-1024-7     Document Type: Article

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