Neonatal fever: Utility of the Rochester criteria in determining low risk for serious bacterial infections

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-302

  Ferrera, Peter C ^a   Bartfield, Joel M ^a   Snyder, Howard S ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonatal fever; Rochester criteria; serious bacterial infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0030924911     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(97)90020-6     Document Type: Article

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