
S3 Ep33: 33. Febrile Infants - When Babies Are Too Hot
The Cribsiders
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The Role of Inflammatory Markers in Infant Mortality
White blood cell count test characteristics are not as good as things like CRP, absolute neutral follicle. Procalcitonin has the best test characteristics in which Europe has used for a while and now we're adopting more recently. The step-by-step approach to risk stratification was adopted by Yale several years ago. It includes age, clinical appearance, urinalysis, proCalcitonin, CRP, and ANC.
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