Elderly patients presenting with fever and respiratory problems in an intensive care unit: Diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic impact of a systematic infectious disease consultation;Patients âgés fébriles avec signes respiratoires dans un service d'urgences: Impact diagnostique, thérapeutique et pronostique d'une consultation systématique d'infectiologie

Presse Medicale

Volumn 32, Issue 36, 2003, Pages 1699-1704

  Roger, Pierre Marie ^a,b   Farhad, R ^a   Pulcini, C ^a   Mariette, A ^a   Taurel, M ^a   Oualid, H ^a   Bertrand, F ^a   Declemy S ^a   Dellamonica, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFTRIAXONE; OXACILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 0242391019     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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