Clinical Profile, Intensive Care Needs, and Short-Term Outcome of Toxic Shock Syndrome Among Children: A 10-Year Single-Centre Experience from North India

Objective To describe the clinical and laboratory profile, management, intensive care needs, and outcome of children with toxic shock syndrome (TSS) admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of a tertiary care center in North India. Methods This retrospective study was conducted in the PI...

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Published in:Indian journal of pediatrics 2023-04, Vol.90 (4), p.334-340
Main Authors: Angurana, Suresh Kumar, Awasthi, Puspraj, K.C., Sudeep, Nallasamy, Karthi, Bansal, Arun, Jayashree, Muralidharan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Kidney Injury
Child
Clindamycin
Critical Care
Female
Gynecology
Humans
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
India - epidemiology
Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Original
Original Article
Pediatrics
Retrospective Studies
Shock, Septic - diagnosis
Shock, Septic - therapy
Thrombocytopenia
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Summary:Objective To describe the clinical and laboratory profile, management, intensive care needs, and outcome of children with toxic shock syndrome (TSS) admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of a tertiary care center in North India. Methods This retrospective study was conducted in the PICU of a tertiary care hospital in North India over a period of 10 y ( January 2011–December 2020) including children 
ISSN:0019-5456
0973-7693
DOI:10.1007/s12098-022-04271-4