A new scoring system derived from base excess and platelet count at presentation predicts mortality in paediatric meningococcal sepsis

Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Couto Alves, Alexessander ^a   Wright, Victoria J ^a   Perumal, Karnan ^b   Binder, Alexander ^c   Carrol, Enitan D ^d   Emonts, Marieke ^e   de Groot, Ronald ^f   Hazelzet, Jan ^e   Kuijpers, Taco ^g   Nadel, Simon ^a   Zenz, Werner ^c   Ramnarayan, Padmanabhan ^h   Levin, Michael ^a   Coin, Lachlan ^a   Inwald, David P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h Children's Acute Transport Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ALKALOSIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BREATHING RATE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW MENINGOCOCCAL SEPTICAEMIA PROGNOSIS SCORE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGISM; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OXYGEN TENSION; PAEDIATRIC RISK OF MORTALITY SCORE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PUPIL REFLEX; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTTERDAM SCORE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MORTALITY; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84878107523     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc12609     Document Type: Article

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