Prolonged partial thromboplastin times in children with fever and petechiae without bacteremia or sepsis

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 244-247

  Willwerth, Ben M ^a,b   Harper, Marvin B ^a   Mandl, Kenneth D ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation times; Fever; Partial thromboplastin time; Petechiae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PETECHIA; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SEPSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBRINOGEN; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PURPURA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0041467407     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000086233.54586.87     Document Type: Article

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