Predictive and discriminating value of nitrites in children with meningitis.

Authors

  • Amaury Noda Albelo HOSPITAL PEDIÁTRICO UNIVERSITARIO “ELISEO NOEL CAAMAÑO”. MATANZAS.
  • Manuel Jesús Araña Rozaime HOSPITAL PEDIÁTRICO UNIVERSITARIO “ELISEO NOEL CAAMAÑO”. MATANZAS.
  • Arturo Vidal Tallet HOSPITAL PEDIÁTRICO UNIVERSITARIO “ELISEO NOEL CAAMAÑO”. MATANZAS.
  • Xiomara Casal Menéndez HOSPITAL PEDIÁTRICO UNIVERSITARIO “ELISEO NOEL CAAMAÑO”. MATANZAS.
  • Boris L. Rodríguez Ramos HOSPITAL PEDIÁTRICO UNIVERSITARIO “ELISEO NOEL CAAMAÑO”. MATANZAS.

Keywords:

MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL, ASEPTIC, NITRITES, INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC, EMERGENCIES, LENGTH OF STAY, HUMANS, CHILD

Abstract

A descriptive, transversal, exploratory study was carried out in children with meningitis. The sample was chosen among the patients admitted in the Intensive Care Unit of the Pediatric Hospital Juan Manuel Marquez in Havana City and among those who attended the Emergency Unit of the Matanzas Pediatric Hospital in the period between March and August 2003. Nitrites quantification was made in cephalorachideal liquids and in serum. We used a colorimetric method based on Griess's reaction. Nitrites quantification in cephalorachideal liquids and in serum could not be used as a predictor to differentiate bacterial and aseptic infections of the Central Nervous System, though nitrites were high in both processes. The results of this investigation corroborated that hospital staying in patients with bacterial meningitis is longer that in patients with aseptic meningitis.

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Published

2008-05-15

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Noda Albelo A, Araña Rozaime MJ, Vidal Tallet A, Casal Menéndez X, Rodríguez Ramos BL. Predictive and discriminating value of nitrites in children with meningitis. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2008 May 15 [cited 2025 Feb. 5];30(3):299-30. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/503

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 3 (2008)

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Research article

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