Central-peripheral temperature gradient: An early diagnostic sign of late-onset neonatal sepsis in very low birth weight infants

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 571-576

  Leante Castellanos, JoséLuis ^a   Lloreda García, José M ^a   García González, Ana ^a   Llopis Baño, Caridad ^a   Fuentes Gutiérrez, Carmen ^a   Alonso Gallego, José Ángel ^a   Martínez Gimeno, Antonio ^a  

^a Hospital 36   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body temperature regulation; Infant; Infection diagnosis; Premature; Prospective studies; Sepsis diagnosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRAL PERIPHERAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; FEMALE; GENERAL MEDICAL DEVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL PROBE; THERMOREGULATION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 84869407146     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2011-0269     Document Type: Article

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