Procalcitonin as a screening test for late-onset sepsis in preterm very low birth weight infants

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 397-402

  Vazzalwar, Ramesh ^a   Pina Rodrigues, Estela ^a   Puppala, Bhagya L ^a,c   Angst, Denise B ^b   Schweig, Lorene ^b  

^a Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Lutheran General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 20844432387     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211296     Document Type: Article

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