Ferritin levels in children with severe sepsis and septic shock

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1829-1831

  Garcia, Pedro Celiny Ramos ^a   Longhi, Fernanda ^a   Branco, Ricardo Garcia ^b,c   Piva, Jefferson Pedro ^a   Lacks, Dani ^a   Tasker, Robert Charles ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Ferritin; Intensive care; Iron metabolism; Prognosis; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; ROC CURVE; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 36249010365     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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