Diagnostic use of C-reactive protein in bacteraemic emergency department patients

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 371-375

  Adams, Nicholas G ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; C reactive protein; Diagnosis; Emergency medicine; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CELLULITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; NEUTROPENIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 28544448627     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00759.x     Document Type: Review

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