Acute bacterial meningitis: Current review and treatment update

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 351-361

  VanDemark, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjunctive corticosteroids therapy; Bacterial meningitis; Empiric antimicrobial therapy; Meningeal signs; Petechial rash

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADJUNCTIVE CORTICOSTEROIDS THERAPY; ALGORITHM; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG COMBINATION; EMPIRIC ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; MENINGEAL SIGNS; NEWBORN; NURSING; PETECHIAL RASH; PUNCTURE; REVIEW;

ADJUNCTIVE CORTICOSTEROIDS THERAPY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; EMPIRIC ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; MENINGEAL SIGNS; PETECHIAL RASH;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHEMOPREVENTION; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84882894492     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2013.04.004     Document Type: Review

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