Factors associated with revisit and admission in patients complaining of fever that are discharged from the emergency department;Factores relacionados con la revisita y el ingreso de los pacientes que consultan a urgencias por fiebre

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 251-253

  Ortega, Mar ^a   Miró, Òscar ^a   Muñoz, Ana ^a   Lõpez, Beatriz ^a   Coll Vinent, Blanca ^a   Sánchez, Miquel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute phase reactants; Assistance quality in emergencies; Fever in emergency department; Revisits

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 33947520339     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13099241     Document Type: Article

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