An investigation into the prevalence and outcome of patients admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit with viral respiratory tract infections in Cape Town, South Africa

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Ghani, Ani S Abdul ^a   Morrow, Brenda M ^b   Hardie, Diana R ^c   Argent, Andrew C ^a,b  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

intensive care units; pediatric; prevalence; respiratory tract infections; virology

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METAPNEUMOVIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOVIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COINFECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; ODDS RATIO; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84866381220     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3182417848     Document Type: Article

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