Fulminant Neisseria meningitidis: Role for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Firstenberg, Michael S ^a   Blais, Daniele ^a   Abel, Erik ^a   Louis, Louis B ^a   Sun, Benjamin ^a   Mangino, Julie E ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP C; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650608321     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: 15226662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20101072     Document Type: Conference Paper

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