Protein C concentrate in preterm neonates with sepsis

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1526-1529

  Fischer, Doris ^b   Schloesser, Rolf L ^b   Nold Petry, Claudia A ^c   Nold, Marcel F ^c   Veldman, Alex ^a,d  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN; CEFOTAXIME; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; LACTIC ACID; PROTEIN C; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYSTALLOID; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FULMINATING PURPURA; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MICROANGIOPATHY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MICROCIRCULATION; PROTEIN C; PURPURA FULMINANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68549135195     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01404.x     Document Type: Article

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