The Effect of Complete Blood Count Timing on Lumbar Puncture Rates in Asymptomatic Infants Born to Mothers with Chorioamnionitis

Background Maternal chorioamnionitis is a risk factor for sepsis but, often, these infants are asymptomatic at birth. Different markers for infections, such as the immature to total (I/T) white blood cell (WBC) ratio, are used to help determine which infants require lumbar punctures (LPs), in additi...

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Autores principales: Kazmi, Sadaf H, Bailey, Sean M, Mally, Pradeep V, Verma, Sourabh, Borkowsky, William, Howell, Heather B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
Materias:
Pediatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6384042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30800547
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3737

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6384042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30800547
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3737

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