Clinical practice guideline for the evaluation of fever and infection in older adult residents of long-term care facilities: 2008 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-171

  High, Kevin P ^a   Bradley, Suzanne F ^b,c   Gravenstein, Stefan ^d   Mehr, David R ^e   Quagliarello, Vincent J ^f   Richards, Chesley ^g   Yoshikawa, Thomas T ^h,i  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Missouri   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; ERYTHEMA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GASTROENTERITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OSTEOMYELITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SCABIES; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT CARE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58749084307     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595683     Document Type: Review

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