Intensive care needs and predictors of mortality in critical pertussis: A single center experience

• Main Authors: T K Kavitha (Author), Madhusudan Samprathi (Author), Namita Ravikumar (Author), Muralidharan Jayashree (Author), V Gautam (Author), N Jain (Author), R Kumar (Author), A Bansal (Author), A Baranwal (Author), N Karthi (Author), S Verma (Author), Lucky sangal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To study the clinical profile, intensive care needs and predictors of mortality in critical pertussis. Material and methods: Case records of 36 children >1 month to 5 years old with probable critical pertussis admitted to a tertiary care PICU of a teaching and referral hospital between...