title: Influence of admission findings on death and neurological outcome from childhood bacterial meningitis.
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/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.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Diego Portales, Facultad de Ciencias de Salud, Santiago, Chile. irmeli.roine@vtr.net
authors.forename: Irmeli
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Roine
authors.forename: Heikki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peltola
authors.forename: Josefina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Inés
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zavala
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González Mata
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: González Ayala
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arbo
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bologna
authors.forename: Greta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Miño
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goyo
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: Solange
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dourado de Andrade
authors.forename: Seppo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarna
mesh_terms: 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