Predictive values of serial C-reactive protein in neonatal sepsis

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 85, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2002, Pages

  Nuntnarumit, Pracha ^a   Pinkaew, Orawan ^a   Kitiwanwanich, Sureewan ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

C reactive Protein; Neonatal Sepsis; Predictive Value

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; URINE CULTURE;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEPSIS;

EID: 0036881387     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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