Predictor of Death in Diarrheal Children Under 5 Years of Age Having Severe Sepsis in an Urban Critical Care Ward in Bangladesh

• Main Authors: Monira Sarmin MBBS, MCPS (Author), Farzana Afroze MBBS, FCPS (Author), Sharifuzzaman MBBS (Author), Tahmina Alam MBBS (Author), Nusrat Jahan Shaly MBBS (Author), Tahmeed Ahmed MBBS, PhD (Author), Mohammod Jobayer Chisti MBBS, MMed, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We aimed to identify clinical predictors of fatal outcome in children under 5 years of age having diarrhea and severe sepsis and treated in the Intensive Care Unit of the Dhaka Hospital of icddr,b from October 2010 through September 2011. Among 191 enrolled children, 70 (37%) died and were considere...