Defining urinary tract infection in the critically ill child

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Langley, Joanne M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critically ill children; Intensive care unit; Sepsis trials; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 19444381710     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000161934.79270.66     Document Type: Review

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