The immature-to-total neutrophil ratio (IT ratio) is a sensitive indicator of sepsis after paediatric cardiopulmonary bypass

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 130, Issue 42, 2000, Pages 1572-1575

  Frey, B ^a   Horton, S B ^a   Duke, T ^a   Shann, F ^a  

^a Universitats Kinderklinik   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary bypass; Children; Infants; Neutrophils; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

BLOOD CULTURE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHILS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 0034699807     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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