One-year epidemiology of fever at the Emergency Department

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 124-128

  Limper, M ^a   Eeftinck Schattenkerk, D ^a   de Kruif, M D ^a   van Wissen, M ^a   Brandjes, D P M ^a   Duits, A J ^b   van Gorp, E C M ^a,c  

^a SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Immunology Laboratory Department   (Sweden)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial agents; Emergency service; Fever; Hospital; Infection; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CULTURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM CULTURE; THROAT CULTURE; URINE CULTURE; URINE SEDIMENT; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79953685890     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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