Variation in the use of intracranial-pressure monitoring and mortality in critically ill children with meningitis in the United States

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2279-2280

  Fishman, Marvin A ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MENINGITIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MONITORING; MORTALITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MENINGITIS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745310790     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0481     Document Type: Note

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