White blood cell and platelet counts can be used to differentiate between infection and the normal response after splenectomy for trauma: Prospective validation

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1076-1080

  Weng, Janie ^a   Brown, Carlos V R ^a,c   Rhee, Peter ^a   Salim, Ali ^a   Chan, Linda ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a   Velmahos, George C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; Leukocytosis; Sepsis; Spleen; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 30344442153     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000189001.00670.d2     Document Type: Article

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