Procalcitonin for the diagnosis of early-onset neonatal sepsis: A multilevel probabilistic approach

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 14-15, 2008, Pages 1150-1155

  Santuz, Pierantonio ^a   Soffiati, Massimo ^a   Dorizzi, Romolo M ^a   Benedetti, Monica ^a   Zaglia, Federico ^a   Biban, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnostic odds ratio; Negative likelihood ratio; Neonatal sepsis; Number needed to diagnose; Positive likelihood ratio; Procalcitonin; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGE OF ONSET; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CALCITONIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; ITALY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEPSIS;

EID: 55649099221     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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