JOURNAL ARTICLE

Long-term Health Status in Childhood Survivors of Meningococcal Septic Shock

Abstract

In patients who survived meningococcal septic shock in childhood, one-third showed long-term neurological impairments, ranging from mild to severe and irreversible. Patients reported poorer general health as measured by HUI2 and HUI3.

Keywords:
Septic shock Term (time) Medicine Meningococcal disease Shock (circulatory) Intensive care medicine Sepsis Neisseria meningitidis Immunology Internal medicine Physics Biology

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Citation History

Topics

Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
Health Sciences →  Medicine →  Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
Life Sciences →  Immunology and Microbiology →  Microbiology
Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
Health Sciences →  Medicine →  Epidemiology
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