Herpes Simplex Virus Testing and Hospital Length of Stay in Neonates and Young Infants

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 738-743

  Shah, Samir S ^a,b   Volk, Jessica ^a   Mohamad, Zeinab ^a   Hodinka, Richard L ^a,b   Zorc, Joseph J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 77950521209     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.11.079     Document Type: Article

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