The degree of chills for risk of bacteremia in acute febrile illness

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1417.e1-1417.e6

  Tokuda, Yasuharu ^a,b,e   Miyasato, Hitoshi ^a   Stein, Gerald H ^c,d   Kishaba, Tomokazu ^a  

^a Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital   (Japan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Bacterial infections; Chills; Sepsis; Shivering

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHITIS; CHILL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHIVERING; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 29244443252     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.06.043     Document Type: Article

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