Clinical impact of blood cultures taken in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 254-256

  Kelly, Anne Maree ^a  

^a WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Sepsis; Tests

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0031824294     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.15.4.254     Document Type: Article

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