Predictors of bacteremia in febrile children with sickle cell disease

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 279-283

  West, Daniel C ^a   Andrada, Emily ^a   Azari, Rahman ^a   Rangaswami, Arun A ^a   Kuppermann, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Children; Fever; Predictor variables; Sepsis; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUTROPHILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0036245484     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200205000-00012     Document Type: Article

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