The role of sample collection timing on interleukin-6 levels in early-onset neonatal sepsis

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 407-410

  Procianoy, Renato S ^a,b   Silveira, Rita C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Infection; Interleukin 6; Neonatal sepsis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TIME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-6; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 28744457306     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/1226     Document Type: Article

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