Definitions of bloodstream infection in the newborn

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Haque, Khalid N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Definitions; Neonatal infections; Neonatal sepsis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PROCALCITONIN;

AGE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEPTICEMIA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SEPSIS;

EID: 19444370503     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000161946.73305.0A     Document Type: Review

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