Factors associated with fatal outcome in childhood meningococcal disease

• Published in: Acta Paediatrica
• Main Authors: Flaegstad, T, Kaaresen, PI, Stoklando, T, Gutteberg, T
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1995
• Subjects: General Medicine; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Tromso
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1995.tb13513.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1651-2227.1995.tb13513.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1995.tb13513.x

The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with a fatal outcome in children with meningococcal disease and to design a new clinical scoring system. We reviewed the charts of all 137 children with meningococcal disease admitted alive to the University Hospital, Tromso, during the ye...