Fast bedside measurement of blood count and C-reactive protein in neonates with suspected late-onset sepsis

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 960-962

  Makhoul, Imad R ^a,b   Smolkin, Tatiana ^a   Zinder, Oren ^a   Diamond, Eric ^a   Tamir, Ada ^a   Sujov, Polo ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Complete blood count; CRP; Newborn infant; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; ONSET AGE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22944457210     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250510027741     Document Type: Article

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