Emergency management of meningococcal disease

Meningococcal disease remains a major cause of mortality in children in the UK. Aggressive early volume resuscitation, meticulous attention to the normalisation of all physiological and laboratory parameters, and prompt referral to specialist paediatric intensive care may lead to a sharp reduction i...

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Published in:	Archives of disease in childhood 1999-03, Vol.80 (3), p.290-296
Main Authors:	Pollard, A J, Britto, J, Nadel, S, DeMunter, C, Habibi, P, Levin, M
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Acidosis Algorithms Anatomy Attrition (Research Studies) Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Child Clinical Diagnosis Consciousness Critical Care Death Decision Making Departments Emergency medical care Emergency Treatment Hospitals Human bacterial diseases Humans Hypotension Hypoxia Infections Infectious diseases Intensive care Intracranial pressure Mathematics Medical sciences Meningitis Meningococcal Infections - diagnosis Meningococcal Infections - prevention & control Meningococcal Infections - therapy Metabolism Mortality Neisseria meningitidis Pediatrics Permeability Personal Practice Public Health Respiration, Artificial Sepsis Shock, Septic - diagnosis Shock, Septic - microbiology Shock, Septic - therapy Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections Ventilation Ventilators
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