C-Reactive Protein (CRP) levels in neonatal meningitis in England: an analysis of national variations in CRP cut-offs for lumbar puncture

BACKGROUND: Recent National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) CG149 guidelines suggest considering performing a lumbar puncture (LP) to investigate for meningitis in early-onset sepsis in a neonate when a C-reactive protein (CRP) level >10mg/L, but the evidence for this recommendati...

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Autores principales: Sturgeon, Jonathan P., Zanetti, Beatrice, Lindo, Dwight
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6276241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30509228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1354-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6276241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30509228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1354-x

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