Intensive care needs of children with acute bacterial meningitis: A developing country perspective

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-140

  Singhi, Sunit C ^a   Khetarpal, Rajan ^a   Baranwal, Arun K ^a   Singhi, Pratibha D ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; MANNITOL; PHENYTOIN; THIOPENTAL;

CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH CARE; MENINGITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCLIMATE; NEWBORN; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCEPTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SHOCK; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; URBAN AREA;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 3042695013     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249304225013402     Document Type: Article

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