Association of white blood cell count and C-reactive protein with outcomes in children hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia

Creator(s)

Derek J. Williams, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
Matthew Hall, Children's Hospital Association
Katherine A. A. Auger, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Joel S. Tieder, University of Washington, Seattle
Karen E. Jerardi, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Mary Ann Queen, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Angela M. Statile, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Angela Myers, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Samir S. Shah, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2015

Identifier

doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000724

Abstract

© 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. 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.

Journal Title

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volume

34

Issue

7

First Page

792

Last Page

793

Keywords

C-reactive protein; outcomes; pediatrics; pneumonia; white blood cell count

Comments

Grant support

• K23 AI104779/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States
• K23AI104779/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States

Recommended Citation

Williams, D. J., Hall, M., Auger, K. A., Tieder, J. S., Jerardi, K. E., Queen, M., Statile, A. M., Myers, A., Shah, S. S. Association of white blood cell count and C-reactive protein with outcomes in children hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 34, 792-793 (2015).