The role of healthcare delivery in the outcome of meningococcal disease in children: Case-control study of fatal and non-fatal cases

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7506, 2005, Pages 1475-1478

  Ninis, Nelly ^a   Phillips, Claire ^c   Bailey, Linda ^c   Pollock, Jon I ^d   Simon, Nadel ^e   Britto, Joseph ^e   Maconochie, Ian ^e   Winrow, Andrew ^f   Coen, Pietro G ^g   Booy, Robert ^g   Levin, Michael ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases ^*

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f KINGSTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 22544478852     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7506.1475     Document Type: Article

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