Interpreting complete blood counts soon after birth in newborns at risk for sepsis

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 903-909

  Newman, Thomas B ^a,b   Puopolo, Karen M ^c,d,e   Wi, Soora ^b   Draper, David ^f   Escobar, Gabriel J ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^g KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Complete blood count; Leukocytes; Likelihood ratios; Neutrophils; Newborn; Sensitivity; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, POSTMATURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; NEUTROPHILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEPSIS;

EID: 78049443760     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0935     Document Type: Article

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