Influence of Admission Findings on Death and Neurological Outcome from Childhood Bacterial Meningitis
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- 15 April 2008
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 46 (8) , 1248-1252
- https://doi.org/10.1086/533448
Abstract
A post hoc analysis of 654 children with bacterial meningitis showed that the level of consciousness is the most important predictor of death and/orKeywords
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