Aetiology and outcome of severe community-acquired pneumonia in children admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 907-911

  Delport, S D ^a   Brisley, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Netcare Unitas Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NASOPHARYNX; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH JUICE; TRACHEAL BIOPSY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036857634     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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