Critical Illness and amputation in meningococcal septicemia: Is life worth saving?

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 629-632

  Allport, Tom ^a   Read, Lynley ^b   Nadel, Simon ^c   Levin, Michael ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Departments of Pediatrics   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amputation; Critical care; Developmental outcomes; Meningococcal disease; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; AMPUTATION; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; METHODOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

AMPUTATION; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 51649101103     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2355     Document Type: Article

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