Etiologies of septic shock in a pediatric emergency department population

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1203-1205

  Gaines, Nakia N ^a   Patel, Binita ^a   Williams, Eric A ^b   Cruz, Andrea T ^a,c  

^a Section of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^b Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department; etiologies; pediatric; septic shock

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; D DIMER; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACILLUS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PEDIATRIC WARD; PH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 84867806168     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182678ca9     Document Type: Article

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