A week-by-week analysis of the low-risk criteria for serious bacterial infection in febrile neonates

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 287-292

  Schwartz, S ^a   Raveh, D ^a   Toker, O ^a   Segal, G ^a   Godovitch, N ^a   Schlesinger, Y ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LOW RISK CRITERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; BACTEREMIA; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 64849098490     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.138768     Document Type: Article

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