Efficacy of blood cultures in the critically ill surgical patient

Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 752-759

  Henke, P K ^a   Polk H C , Jr ^a   Dunn, D L ^a   Solomkin J Smith J S , Jr ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENTEROBACTER; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 0029811530     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(96)80027-4     Document Type: Article

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