The predictive score for early-onset neonatal sepsis

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-144

  Selimovic, Amela ^a   Skokic, Fahrija ^a   Bazardzanovic, Mustafa ^b   Selimovic, Zijad ^b  

^a Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b University Clinical Center   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Early onset; Neonatal sepsis; Predictive score

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; BLOOD; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEPSIS;

EID: 77955476785     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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