Routine laboratory investigations in infants and children presenting with fever and seizures at the University Hospital of the West Indies

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 369-372

  Donaldson, D ^a   Trotman, H ^a   Barton, M ^a   Melbourne Chambers, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ELECTROLYTE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACIDOSIS; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MALE; MENINGITIS; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; WEST INDIES;

EID: 58149102387     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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