title: Association of White Blood Cell Count and C-Reactive Protein with Outcomes in Children Hospitalized for Community-acquired Pneumonia.
abstract: We examined the association between baseline peripheral white blood cell count and C-reactive protein (CRP) values with outcomes among 153 children hospitalized with pneumonia. In multivariable analyses, CRP, but not white blood cell count, was significantly associated with both fever duration and hospital length of stay. For every 1mg/dL increase in CRP, length of stay increased by 1 hour.
authors.affiliation: From the *Division of Hospital Medicine, The Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; †The Children's Hospital Association, Overland Park, Kansas; ‡Division of Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; §Division of Hospital Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; and ¶Division of Hospital Medicine, Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics, ‖Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.
authors.forename: Derek J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Katherine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Auger
authors.forename: Joel S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Tieder
authors.forename: Karen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Jerardi
authors.forename: Mary Ann
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Queen
authors.forename: Angela M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Statile
authors.forename: Angela L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Samir S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000473:pathology; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007902:Length of Stay; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D002097:C-Reactive Protein