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- Title
Reduction in case fatality rate from meningococcal disease associated with improved healthcare delivery.
- Authors
Booy, R; Habibi, P; Nadel, S; de Munter, C; Britto, J; Morrison, A; Levin, M; Meningococcal Research Group
- Abstract
The case fatality rate from meningococcal disease (MD) has remained relatively unchanged in the post antibiotic era, with 20-50% of patients who develop shock still dying. In 1992 a new paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) specialising in MD was opened. Educational information was disseminated to local hospitals, and a specialist transport service was established which delivered mobile intensive care. The influence of these changes on mortality of children with MD was investigated.
- Publication
Archives of disease in childhood, 2001, Vol 85, Issue 5, p386
- ISSN
1468-2044
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/adc.85.5.386