Management of neonatal sepsis in the UK: A national audit of practice

Journal of Clinical Excellence

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 81-85

  Haque, K N ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Current practice; Neonatal sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG INDICATION; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PEDIATRICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033709451     PISSN: 14659883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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