Bronchiolitis-associated encephalopathy in critically-ill infants: An underestimated complication?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 431-436

  Antonucci, Roberto ^a   Chiappe, Stefano ^a   Porcella, Annalisa ^b   Rosatelli, Daniela ^a   Fanos, Vassilios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Sorgono   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Encephalopathy; Infant; Newborn; Respiratory syncytial virus; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEIZURE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LENGTH OF STAY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 77950840334     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903184181     Document Type: Article

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