Pertussis requiring intensive care

Objectives: To describe children with pertussis who require intensive care. Design, setting and patients: An audit in Auckland, New Zealand, of pertussis admissions to the national paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) from 1991 to 2003. Results: 72 children, 97% of whom were

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Veröffentlicht in:	Archives of disease in childhood 2007-11, Vol.92 (11), p.970-975
Hauptverfasser:	Surridge, Julia, Segedin, Elizabeth R, Grant, Cameron C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Apnea - complications Apnea - microbiology Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Bradycardia - complications Bradycardia - microbiology Care and treatment Child Child, Preschool Company business management Cyanosis - complications Cyanosis - microbiology Diagnosis Ent and stomatologic bacterial diseases General aspects Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome - complications Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome - microbiology Human bacterial diseases Humans Hypertension, Pulmonary - complications Hypertension, Pulmonary - microbiology Infant Infectious diseases Intensive Care Units, Pediatric - utilization Leukocytosis - complications Lymphocytosis - complications Male Management Medical Audit Medical sciences Miscellaneous New Zealand - epidemiology Original Patient outcomes Patient Readmission - statistics & numerical data Pediatric intensive care Prevention and actions Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Respiration, Artificial - utilization Risk factors Seizures - complications Shock - complications Whooping cough Whooping Cough - complications Whooping Cough - diagnosis Whooping Cough - mortality Whooping Cough - therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	Objectives: To describe children with pertussis who require intensive care. Design, setting and patients: An audit in Auckland, New Zealand, of pertussis admissions to the national paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) from 1991 to 2003. Results: 72 children, 97% of whom were
ISSN:	0003-9888 1468-2044
DOI:	10.1136/adc.2006.114082