Reliability of two different bedside assays for C-reactive protein in newborn infants

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1081-1084

  Zecca, Enrico ^a   Barone, Giovanni ^a   Corsello, Mirta ^a   Romagnoli, Costantino ^a   Tiberi, Eloisa ^a   Tirone, Chiara ^a   Vento, Giovanni ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bedside testing; C reactive protein; Newborn infant; Sensitivity and specificity; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIFE; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; SEPSIS;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 70349509950     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2009.246     Document Type: Article

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