Pediatric patients hospitalized with myocarditis: A multi-institutional analysis

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 222-228

  Klugman, Darren ^a   Berger, John T ^a   Sable, Craig A ^a   He, Jianping ^b   Khandelwal, Sachin G ^b   Slonim, Anthony D ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Intensive care unit; Intravenous immunoglobulin; Myocarditis; Severity of illness; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOPAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIDOCAINE; MILRINONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952307875     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-009-9589-9     Document Type: Article

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