Procalcitonin for the diagnosis of nosocomial neonatal sepsis;Procalcitonina para el diagnóstico de sepsis neonatal de origen nosocomial

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 349-353

  Perez Solis D ^a   Lopez Sastre J B ^a   Coto Cotallo, G D ^a   Dieguez Junquera Ma A ^a   Deschamps Mosquera, E Ma ^a   Crespo Hernandez M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological markers; C reactive protein; Calcitonin; Leukocyte count; Newborn; Sepsis diagnosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646831497     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13086523     Document Type: Article

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