Can clear ascitic fluid appearance rule out spontaneous bacterial peritonitis?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 934-937

  Chinnock, Brian ^a   W Hendey, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ASCITIC FLUID; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHILS; PARACENTESIS; PERITONITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34848874460     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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