Influence of admission findings on death and neurological outcome from childhood bacterial meningitis.
A post hoc analysis of 654 children with bacterial meningitis showed that the level of consciousness is the most important predictor of death and/or neurological sequelae, more than is etiology per se. This finding emphasizes the need of including a measurement of the presenting status in all studies examining treatment efficacy.
Roine
Irmeli
I
Universidad Diego Portales, Facultad de Ciencias de Salud, Santiago, Chile. irmeli.roine@vtr.net
Peltola
Heikki
H
Fernández
Josefina
J
Zavala
Inés
I
González Mata
Antonio
A
González Ayala
Silvia
S
Arbo
Antonio
A
Bologna
Rosa
R
Miño
Greta
G
Goyo
José
J
López
Eduardo
E
Dourado de Andrade
Solange
S
Sarna
Seppo
S
D002423:Cause of Death; D003243:Consciousness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors