Elevated admission white blood cell count in pregnant trauma patients: An indicator of ongoing placental abruption

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 644-647

  Shah, Shuchi ^a   Miller, Preston R ^a   Meredith, J Wayne ^a   Chang, Michael C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL BLOOD; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHERMIA; INJURY; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TACHYCARDIA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ARTICLE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0036635463     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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