Low thymic size in preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit, a possible marker of infection? A prospective study from birth to 1 year of age

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1319-1325

  Jeppesen, D ^a   Ersboll A ^b   Nielsen, S ^a   Hoppe, T ^a   Valerius, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Infections; Preterm infants; Sonography; Thymic index; Thymus

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BRADYCARDIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ORGAN SIZE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 80052826354     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02329.x     Document Type: Article

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