Emergency management of meningococcal disease: Eight years on

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 283-286

  Pollard, Andrew J ^a   Nadel, Simon ^b   Ninis, Nelly ^b   Faust, Saul N ^c   Levin, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HUMAN ALBUMIN; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID;

ALGORITHM; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 34047227782     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.102384     Document Type: Review

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