Evaluation of white blood cell count, neutrophil percentage, and elevated temperature as predictors of bloodstream infection in burn patients

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 639-642

  Murray, Clinton K ^a,d   Hoffmaster, Roselle M ^a   Schmit, David R ^b   Hospenthal, Duane R ^a   Ward, John A ^e   Cancio, Leopoldo C ^a,c   Wolf, Steven E ^a,b,c  

^a Madigan Army Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NEUTROPHIL; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; YEAST;

ADULT; BODY SURFACE AREA; BODY TEMPERATURE; BURNS; FEMALE; FEVER; FORECASTING; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 34447542644     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.142.7.639     Document Type: Review

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