Serum interleukin-6 level as a diagnostic test in children with sepsis

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 523-527

  Huang, Shi Ying ^a,b   Tang, Ren Bin ^a   Chen, Shu Jen ^a   Chung, Ruey Lung ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAOYUAN ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Children; Cytokine; Interleukin 6; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 0242490867     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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