Procalcitonin as a marker of bacteremia in children with fever and a central venous catheter presenting to the emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1017-1021

  Kasem, Amanda J ^a   Bulloch, Blake ^a   Henry, Michael ^b   Shah, Kunal ^a   Dalton, Heidi ^c  

^a Departments of Pediatric Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^b Pediatric Hematology and Oncology   (United States)

^c PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteremia; central venous catheter; procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; DISEASE MARKER; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84867395307     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31826caac2     Document Type: Article

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