Epidemiology and outcome of sepsis in a tertiary care PICU of Pakistan

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1454-1458

  Khan, Muhammad Rehan ^a   Maheshwari, Prem Kumar ^a   Masood, Komal ^a   Qamar, Farah Naz ^a   Haque, Anwar Ul ^a  

^a University Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Pakistan; Pediatric intensive care; Sepsis; Septic shock; Tertiary care

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PAKISTAN; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871320837     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-012-0706-z     Document Type: Article

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