The utility of early lactate testing in undifferentiated pediatric systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1276-1280

  Scott, Halden F ^a,c   Donoghue, Aaron J ^a   Gaieski, David F ^b   Marchese, Ronald F ^a   Mistry, Rakesh D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERLACTATEMIA; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC WARD; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 84869443816     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12014     Document Type: Article

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