Cerebrospinal fluid characteristics of infants who present to the emergency department with fever: Establishing normal values by week of age

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Chadwick, Sara L ^a   Wilson, John W ^a   Levin, James E ^b   Martin, Judith M ^b  

^a GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Glucose; Infants; Lumbar puncture; Meningitis; Neonates; Protein; White blood cell count

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

AGE FACTORS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79954974250     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31820ad2ba     Document Type: Article

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