Point-of-care C-reactive protein testing in febrile children in general practice

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1428-1432

  Monteny, Miriam ^a   Ten Brinke, Marjolein H ^a   Van Brakel, Jocelyn ^a   De Rijke, Yolanda B ^b   Berger, Marjolein Y ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Child; Family practice; Fever; Point of care systems

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; DEVICE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; TURBIDIMETRY;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIRUS DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33845704056     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2006.270     Document Type: Article

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