Variation in lumbar punctures for early onset neonatal sepsis: a nationally representative serial cross-sectional analysis, 2003-2009

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Patrick, Stephen W ^a   Schumacher, Robert E ^a   Davis, Matthew M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c 6312 Medical Science Building 1 1150 W ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Early onset neonatal sepsis; Lumbar puncture; Neonatal; Sepsis; Variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY ONSET NEONATAL SEPSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MENINGITIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEPSIS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865346655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-134     Document Type: Article

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