Risk factors for hearing loss in bacterial meningitis: Delay in treatment and clinical manifestations

Journal of Audiological Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 86-97

  Eisenhut, Michael ^a   Meehan, Thomasina ^a   Stephens, S D G ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Delayed treatment; Neurological signs; Sensorineural hearing loss; Shock

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUID THERAPY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SEPTICEMIA; SHOCK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036430034     PISSN: 09637133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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