Emergency diagnosis and treatment of adult meningitis

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191-200

  Fitch, Michael T ^a   van de Beek, Diederik ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; PLACEBO; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; LEG PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOMNOLENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIGNETTE; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPINAL PUNCTURE; STEROIDS;

EID: 33847009366     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(07)70050-6     Document Type: Review

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