Improved survival of children with sepsis and purpura: Effects of age, gender, and era

Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Maat, Martine ^a   Buysse, Corinne M P ^a   Emonts, Marieke ^a   Spanjaard, Lodewijk ^b   Joosten, Koen F M ^a   de Groot, Ronald ^c   Hazelzet, Jan A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DOPAMINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; NORADRENALIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NETHERLANDS; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; ETHNIC GROUP; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NETHERLANDS; PURPURA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 36448954252     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc6161     Document Type: Article

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