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Master of Public Health

Association of White Blood Cell Count and C-Reactive Protein with Outcomes in Children Hospitalized for Community-Acquired Pneumonia.

AUTHORS

Williams DJ , Hall M , Auger KA , Tieder JS , Jerardi K , Queen MA , Statile A , Myers A , Shah SS , . The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 2015 5 5; ().

ABSTRACT

We examined the association between baseline peripheral white blood cell count (WBC) and C-reactive protein (CRP) values with outcomes among 153 children hospitalized with pneumonia. In multivariable analyses, CRP, but not WBC 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.

We examined the association between baseline peripheral white blood cell count (WBC) and C-reactive protein (CRP) values with outcomes among 153 children hospitalized with pneumonia. In multivariable analyses, CRP, but not WBC 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.

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