Prediction of severe bacterial infection in children with an emergency department diagnosis of infection

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 948-951

  Vorwerk, Christiane ^a,b   Manias, Karen ^a   Davies, Ffion ^b   Coats, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AREA UNDER CURVE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80054748791     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.087783     Document Type: Article

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