Scope and epidemiology of pediatric sepsis

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Watson, R Scott ^a,b   Carcillo, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Mortality; Outcome; Pediatric; Sepsis; Severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENGUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUID THERAPY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19444364187     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000161289.22464.C3     Document Type: Review

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