Performance of the definitions of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis in neonates

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 587-590

  Hofer, Nora ^a   Zacharias, Eva ^a   Müller, Wilhelm ^a   Resch, Bernhard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Early onset sepsis; Neonatal sepsis; Newborn infant; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84869406929     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2011-0308     Document Type: Article

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