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

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 375-394

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

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Divisions of Infectious Diseases

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e AMDA Foundation Research Network   (United States)

^f Quality Partners of Rhode Island   (United States)

^g Division of Geriatrics   (United States)

^h BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ University of Missouri   (United States)

^j YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^l EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY TEMPERATURE; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRICS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFECTION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS;

EID: 61449172964     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02175.x     Document Type: Article

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