Review article: How useful are laboratory investigations in the Emergency Department evaluation of possible osteomyelitis?

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-330

  Harris, Joseph C ^a   Caesar, Dave H ^d   Davison, Carol ^b   Phibbs, Rebecca ^b   Than, Martin P ^c  

^a Timaru Public Hospital   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Diagnosis; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; PROCALCITONIN;

DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOOT ULCER; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOUND; ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE;

ADULT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 79958773660     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01413.x     Document Type: Review

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