Impact of rapid leukodepletion on the outcome of severe clinical pertussis in young infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Rowlands, Helen E ^a   Goldman, Allan P ^a   Harrington, Karen ^a   Karimova, Ann ^a   Brierley, Joe ^a   Cross, Nigel ^a   Skellett, Sophie ^a   Peters, Mark J ^a,b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care; ECMO; Pertussis; Pulmonary hypertension; White blood cell count

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; LEUKAPHERESIS; RISK FACTOR; WHOOPING COUGH;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LEUKOCYTE REDUCTION PROCEDURES; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 77957710041     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2860     Document Type: Article

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