Cerebrospinal fluid reference ranges in term and preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 729-734

  Srinivasan, Lakshmi ^a   Shah, Samir S ^b   Padula, Michael A ^a   Abbasi, Soraya ^c   McGowan, Karin L ^a   Harris, Mary C ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; DRUG EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLEOCYTOSIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEPSIS;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84866728722     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.03.051     Document Type: Article

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