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References for information products

Appendix A Information Standard

References:

Signs and symptoms card

  • NICE clinical guideline 102 (2010)
  • SIGN clinical guideline 102 (2008)
  • Expert opinion

Leaflets

Meningitis can affect anyone (formerly What is meningitis?)

Home from hospital

  • SIGN clinical guideline 102 (2008)
  • Patient experience
  • Shears D, Nadel S, Gledhill J, Gorden F, Garralda ME (2007) Psychiatric adjustment in the year after meningococcal disease in childhood. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.  46(1): 76-82
  • Borg J, Christie D, Coen PG, Booy R and Viner RM (2009) Outcomes of meningococcal disease in adolescents: prospective matched cohort study. Paediatrics. 123(3): e502 – e509

Support for life (formerly After meningitis)

  • NICE clinical guideline 102
  • SIGN clinical guideline 102
  • Patient experience
  • Bedford H, de Louvois J, Halket S et al. (2001) Meningitis in infancy in England and Wales: follow up at age 5 yrs. British Medical Journal 323:533-536
  • Heath P, Nik Yusoff NK, Baker CJ (2003) Neonatal meningitis. Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal and Neonatal Ed. 88: F173-F178
  • Shears D, Nadel S, Gledhill J, Gorden F, Garralda ME (2007) Psychiatric adjustment in the year after meningococcal disease in childhood. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.  46(1): 76-82 

Bereavement following meningitis (formerly Meningitis bereavement information)

  • Expert opinion from counsellors
  • Catherine Sanders (1999) Grief The Mourning After, 2nd Ed., John Wiley & Sons Inc. pp.4-5.

Fact sheets

Meningococcal disease

 

Pneumococcal meningitis

 

Tuberculous (TB) meningitis

Viral meningitis

  • Logan S and MacMahon E. Viral meningitis. BMJ 2008; 336:36 – 40
  • Expert opinion

 

Meningitis vaccines

  • Department of Health. Immunisation against infectious disease. Chapters 16, 21, 22, 23, 25 and 32. 2006
  • HPA, HPS and CDSCNI disease statistics

 

Learning and developmental concerns after meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia

  • Personal experience
  • Expert opinion
  • Child Brain Injury Trust workshop “Don’t judge a book by its cover”
  • De Louvois J, Halket S, Harvey D. Effect of meningitis in infancy on school leaving examination results. Arch. Dis. Child Online doi: 10.1136/adc2006.105916

Neonatal meningitis

  • Preventing group B streptococcus (GBS) infection in newborn babies: information for you. Royal College Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (February 2006)
  • Heath P, Nik Yusoff NK, Baker CJ (2003) Neonatal meningitis. Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal and Neonatal Ed. 88: F173-F178
  • de Louvois J, Halket S, Harvey D (2005) Neonatal meningitis in England and Wales: sequelae at 5 years of age. European Journal of Paediatrics 164: 730-734
  • Stevens JP, Eames M, Kent A, Halket S, Holt D, Harvey D (2003) Long term outcome of neonatal meningitis. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 88: F179-F184
  • Bedford H, de Louvois J, Halket S et al. (2001) Meningitis in infancy in England and Wales: follow up at age 5 yrs. British Medical Journal 323:533-536
  • Expert opinion

Support services

  • Personal experience
  • Expert opinion

Complementary therapies

  • Personal experience
  • Introduction to Alternative and Complementary Therapies (Haworth Practical Practice in Mental Health) Strozier A, Carpenter JE
  • The "Which?" Guide to Complementary Therapies ("Which?" Consumer Guides) Barnett H

Meningitis publications

Meningitis leaflets, posters and downloads:

All publications

Childcarers

Teachers & pupils

Employers

Health Professionals

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