1Cerebrospinal fluid lactate concentration to distinguish bacterial from aseptic meningitis: A systemic review and meta-analysis

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Huy, Nguyen T ^a   Thao, Nguyen T H ^b   Diep, Doan T N ^b,c   Kikuchi, Mihoko ^a   Zamora, Javier ^d   Hirayama, Kenji ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AT HO CHI MINH CITY   (Viet Nam)

^c Children's Hospital No 1   (Viet Nam)

^d HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID GLUCOSE LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LACTATE LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANIMAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 78650657603     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc9395     Document Type: Article

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