Children with meningeal signs: predicting who needs empiric antibiotic treatment
BACKGROUND: Since delayed diagnosis and treatment of bacterial meningitis worsens patient prognosis, clinicians have a low threshold to perform a lumbar puncture or to start empiric antibiotic treatment in patients suspected of having meningitis. OBJECTIVE: To develop a decision rule, including cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) indices and clinical characteristics, to determine whether empiric antibiotic treatment should be started in children with meningeal signs. DESIGN: Multivariable logistic regression analysis of retrospectively collected data. Bacterial meningitis was defined as a CSF leukocyte... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2002 |
Schlagwörter: | Adolescent / Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use / Child / Preschool / Emergency Service / Hospital/statistics & numerical data / Female / Humans / Infant / Leukocyte Count / Logistic Models / Male / Meningitis / Bacterial/cerebrospinal fluid/*diagnosis/drug therapy / Netherlands / Research Support / Non-U.S. Gov't / Retrospective Studies / Spinal Puncture |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26831668 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://repub.eur.nl/pub/10019 |