Occurrence of serious bacterial infection in infants aged 60 days or younger with an apparent life-threatening event

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-25

  Zuckerbraun, Noel S ^a   Zomorrodi, Arezoo ^b,c   Pitetti, Raymond D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent life threatening events; Bacteremia; Serious bacterial illness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROBIOLOGY; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; APNEA; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIURIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FLUSHING; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEWBORN; PALLOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; APNEA; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIURIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FLUSHING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PALLOR; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 65249137759     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318191db54     Document Type: Article

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