Why children with severe bacterial infection die: a population-based study of determinants and consequences of suboptimal care with a special emphasis on methodological issues.

INTRODUCTION: Suboptimal care is frequent in the management of severe bacterial infection. We aimed to evaluate the consequences of suboptimal care in the early management of severe bacterial infection in children and study the determinants. METHODS: A previously reported population-based confidenti...

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Main Authors: Elise Launay, Christèle Gras-Le Guen, Alain Martinot, Rémy Assathiany, Elise Martin, Thomas Blanchais, Catherine Deneux-Tharaux, Jean-Christophe Rozé, Martin Chalumeau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4172434?pdf=render