Management of infants at risk for occult bacteremia: A decision analysis

The Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 11-20

  Downs, Stephen M ^a   McNutt, Robert A ^a   Margolls, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ANTIBIOTICS; BLOODLETTING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMAN; INFANT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPTICEMIA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025960112     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(05)81837-2     Document Type: Article

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