Impact of procalcitonin on the management of children aged 1 to 36 months presenting with fever without source: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 647-653

  Manzano, Sergio ^a   Bailey, Benoit ^a   Girodias, Jean Bernard ^a   Galetto Lacour, Annick ^b   Cousineau, Jocelyne ^a   Delvin, Edgard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b Children's Hospital HUG ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROCALCITONIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPENIA; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CALCITONIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955475324     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.02.022     Document Type: Article

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