Orrego-Castellanos H, Merlos BM

Language: Spanish
References: 17
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ABSTRACT

Bacterial meningitis is a neurological emergency which brooks no delay in its approach and initiation of treatment, since it largely depends mortality and sequelae. Despite the increased availability of effective antibiotics, improved hospital facilities and advances in treatment strategies, for example, the use of dexamethasone, mortality rates associated with this disease remains unacceptably high. Therefore, we propose to present some evidence for clinical decision making on management of bacterial meningitis, we also intentionally overlooked aspects already clarified about this topic.

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