Review of a large clinical series: Is the band count useful in the diagnosis of infection? An accuracy study in critically ill patients

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 353-357

  Cavallazzi, Rodrigo ^a   Bennin, Charles Lwanga ^a   Hirani, Amyn ^a   Gilbert, Christopher ^a   Marik, Paul E ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

adult; critical care; leukocyte count; neutrophils; sensitivity and specificity; sepsis diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BAND COUNT; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; IMMUNOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEUTROPHILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78650262703     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066610377980     Document Type: Article

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