| Literature DB >> 24855431 |
Marina I Salvadori, Victoria E Price.
Abstract
Children with asplenia or hyposplenia are at risk of developing overwhelming sepsis. Health care providers caring for children with asplenia should ensure the best outcomes by using preventive strategies that focus on parent and patient education, immunization, antibiotic prophylaxis and aggressive management of suspected infection. The present position statement offers current guidance on each of these issues and replaces a previous CPS statement, 'Prevention and therapy of bacterial infections for children with asplenia or hyposplenia', published in 1999.Entities:
Keywords: Antibiotic prophylaxis; Immunization; Sepsis; Splenectomy
Year: 2014 PMID: 24855431 PMCID: PMC4029242
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Paediatr Child Health ISSN: 1205-7088 Impact factor: 2.253