Role of Procalcitonin Level for Serious Bacterial Illness in Febrile Infants
Introduction Each year, U.S. emergency departments face the challenge of evaluating around 200,000 infants aged 60 days and younger, with 8-10% having serious bacterial infections, including the serious categories of bacteremia and bacterial meningitis. The PECARN febrile infant working group previously derived a clinical prediction rule to identify febrile infants at low risk for serious […]