Traumatic lumbar punctures in neonates: Test performance of the cerebrospinal fluid white blood cell count

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1047-1051

  Greenberg, Rachel G ^a   Smith, P Brian ^a,b   Cotten, C Michael ^a   Moody, M Anthony ^a   Clark, Reese H ^c   Benjamin, Daniel K ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Pediatrix Obstetrix Center for Research and Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; meningitis; neonate

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNIQUE; TRAUMATIC LUMBAR PUNCTURE; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CYTOLOGY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PUNCTURE; ROC CURVE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COHORT STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MENINGITIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL PUNCTURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 58149385298     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31817e519b     Document Type: Article

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