Impact of C-reactive protein test results on evidence-based decision-making in cases of bacterial infection

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Nabulsi, Mona ^a   Hani, Abeer ^a   Karam, Maria ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; C reactive protein; Diagnostic accuracy; Neonatal sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ACUTE SINUSITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PNEUMONIA; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TONSILLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEBANON; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 84865588844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-140     Document Type: Article

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