The appropriateness of early discharge of hospitalized children with suspected sepsis

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-96

  Durongpisitkul, Kritvikrom ^a   Gururaj, Vymutt J ^a   Martin, Clyde F ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial infections; diagnostic tests, routine; hospitals, pediatric; pediatrics; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE;

EID: 0031025099     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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