Prediction of bacteremia in patients with suspicion of infection in emergency room;Prediccin de bacteriemia en los pacientes con sospecha de infeccin en urgencias

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 135, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 685-690

  Tudela, Pere ^a   Lacoma, Alicia ^a   Prat, Cristina ^a   Mòdol, Josep Maria ^a   Giménez, Montserrat ^a   Barallat, Jaume ^a   Tor, Jordi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Emergency; Fever; Infection; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FORECASTING; INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 78649501728     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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