Relationship between age and peripheral white blood cell count in patients with sepsis

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 238-242

  Aminzadeh, Zohreh ^a,b   Parsa, Elham ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Elderly; Leukocytosis; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUTROPHILIA; PULSE RATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 80053640442     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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