Clinical markers of serious illness in young infants: A multicentre follow-up study

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 221-225

  Hewson, P H ^a,e   Poulakis, Z ^a   Jarman, F ^a   Kerr, J F ^b   McMaster, D ^c   Goodge, J ^a   Silk, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c John Flynn Hospital   (Australia)

^d Healthcare Educ and Consultancy   (Australia)

^e Healthcare Educ and Consultancy ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical markers; Infancy; Serious illness

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PALLOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX WALL DEFECT;

ABNORMALITIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFECTION; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0034129894     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2000.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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