Preventing and treating infections in children with asplenia or hyposplenia

Marina I. Salvadori, Victoria E. Price

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Résumé

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.

Langue d'origineEnglish
Pages (de-à)271-274
Nombre de pages4
JournalPaediatrics and Child Health
Volume19
Numéro de publication5
DOI
Statut de publicationPublished - mai 2014
Publié à l'externeOui

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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