Severe infections in a pediatric emergency department;Ernstige infecties op een pediatrische spoedafdeling

Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 362-368

  Hoogwijs, I ^a   Verbakel, J Y ^b   Aertgeerts, B ^b   Bullens, D ^a   Buntinx, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84898919011     PISSN: 0371683X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/TVG.70.07.2001585     Document Type: Article

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