Serum procalcitonin in children with suspected sepsis: A comparison with C-reactive protein and neutrophil count

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 190-195

  Casado Flores, Juan ^a   Blanco Quirós, Alfredo ^b   Asensio, Julia ^c   Arranz, Eduardo ^b   Garrote, José A ^b   Nieto, Monserrat ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c University of Valladolid ^*

Author keywords

Children; Meningococcemia; Procalcitonin; Septic shock; Severity score

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; PROCALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037810423     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000059420.15811.2D     Document Type: Article

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