Prevalence of systemic inflammatory syndromes at a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-148

  Carvalho, Paulo Roberto Antonacci ^a,b,d   Feldens, Letícia ^b   Seitz, Elizabeth E ^c   Rocha, Taís S ^a   Soledade, Maria A ^b   Trotta, Eliana A ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Intensive care; Mortality; Prevalence; Sepsis; Septic shock; Severe sepsis; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 28244474918     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: 00217557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/1320     Document Type: Article

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