Procalcitonin to Reduce the Number of Unnecessary Cystographies in Children with a Urinary Tract Infection: A European Validation Study

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-95

  Leroy, Sandrine ^a   Romanello, Carla ^a   Galetto Lacour, Annick ^a   Smolkin, Vladislav ^a   Korczowski, Bartosz ^a   Rodrigo, Carlos ^a   Tuerlinckx, David ^a   Gajdos, Vincent ^a   Moulin, Florence ^a   Contardo, Marzia ^a   Gervaix, Alain ^a   Halevy, Raphaël ^a   Duhl, Barbara ^a   Prat, Cristina ^a   Borght, Thierry Vander ^a   Foix l'Hélias, Laurence ^a   Dubos, François ^a   Gendrel, Dominique ^a   Bréart, Gérard ^a   Chalumeau, Martin ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEVER; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VALIDATION STUDY; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

CALCITONIN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 33845662798     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.08.066     Document Type: Article

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