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. 1999 Mar;80(3):290-6.
doi: 10.1136/adc.80.3.290.

Emergency management of meningococcal disease

A J Pollard  1 , J Britto, S Nadel, C DeMunter, P Habibi, M Levin
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Emergency management of meningococcal disease

A J Pollard et al. Arch Dis Child. 1999 Mar.

Abstract

Meningococcal disease remains a major cause of mortality in children in the UK. Aggressive early volume resuscitation, meticulous attention to the normalisation of all physiological and laboratory parameters, and prompt referral to specialist paediatric intensive care may lead to a sharp reduction in mortality. Application of the management algorithm described in this article may be helpful to those involved in the early part of management of critically ill patients with meningococcal disease.

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