Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) definition and correlation with early-onset bacterial infection of the newborn

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Hofer, Nora ^a   Miiller, W ^a   Resch, B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CORE TEMPERATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 77949820239     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.161638     Document Type: Letter

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