title: Fast bedside measurement of blood count and C-reactive protein in neonates with suspected late-onset sepsis.
abstract: Conventional and fast complete blood count (CBC) and C-reactive protein (CRP) measurements were compared in 56 neonates with suspected sepsis. Mean differences between pairs (conventional minus fast) of the corresponding CBC and CRP values were significant for the six CBC parameters tested (p<0.02), but not for CRP (p=0.18).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In neonatal sepsis, conventional and fast methods are comparable only for CRP but not for CBC variables.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Rambam Medical Center, Bat-Galim, Haifa 31096, Israel. makhoul@rambam.health.gov.il
authors.forename: Imad R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Makhoul
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Smolkin
authors.forename: Oren
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Zinder
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Diamond
authors.forename: Ada
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tamir
authors.forename: Polo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sujov
mesh_terms: D001772:Blood Cell Count; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002097:C-Reactive Protein