Relationship of serum C-reactive protein and blood glucose levels with injury severity and patient morbidity in a pediatric trauma population

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 992-996

  Brunengraber, Lisa N ^a   Robinson, Ann V ^b   Chwals, Walter J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Hyperglycemia; Injury severity; Length of stay; Pediatric trauma; PICU

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 65449184907     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.01.043     Document Type: Article

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