Lymphocytopenia and neutrophil-lymphocyte count ratio predict bacteremia better than conventional infection markers in an emergency care unit

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  de Jager, Cornelis P C ^a   van Wijk, Paul T L ^a   Mathoera, Rejiv B ^a   de Jongh Leuvenink, Jacqueline ^a   van der Poll, Tom ^b   Wever, Peter C ^a  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958534644     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc9309     Document Type: Article

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