The "ins and outs" of neonatal sepsis

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-4

  Polin, Richard A ^a  

^a Children's Hospital of New York ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; INTER ALPHA INHIBITOR PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 6; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE MARKER; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0041743180     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(03)00271-3     Document Type: Editorial

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