Pertussis: Severe clinical presentation in pediatric intensive care and its relation to outcome

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-211

  Namachivayam, Poongundran ^a   Shimizu, Kazuyoshi ^a   Butt, Warwick ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Intensive care; Outcome; Pertussis; Presentation; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

APNEA; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; AUSTRALIA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OXYGEN TENSION; PEDIATRICS; PERTUSSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 34248390493     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000265499.50592.37     Document Type: Article

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