Utility of the peripheral blood white blood cell count for identifying sick young infants who need lumbar puncture

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 206-214

  Bonsu, Bema K ^a   Harper, Marvin B ^b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE; SCREENING TEST; SEPSIS;

EID: 0037311449     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.9     Document Type: Article

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