Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 206-214, February 2003

Utility of the peripheral blood white blood cell count for identifying sick young infants who need lumbar puncture☆

Presented in part at the Pediatric Academic Society national meeting, Baltimore, MD, May 2001.

Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH (Bonsu), and the Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA (Harper)

Received 9 March 2002; received in revised form 11 August 2002 and 7 September 2002; accepted 12 September 2002.

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☆ Address for reprints: Bema K. Bonsu, MBChB, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus OH 43213; 614-722-4385; E-mail bonsub@pediatrics.ohio-state.edu.

PII: S0196-0644(02)84932-0

doi:10.1067/mem.2003.9

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 206-214, February 2003

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