Emergency department presentation of the pediatric systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1153-1158

  Horeczko, Timothy ^a   Green, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

pediatric sepsis; pediatric systemic inflammatory response syndrome; pediatric triage; pediatric vital signs; SIRS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; WAITING ROOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; VITAL SIGNS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84888129247     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182a9e629     Document Type: Article

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