Prediction of serious infection during prehospital emergency care

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 325-330

  Suffoletto, Brian ^a   Frisch, Adam ^a   Prabhu, Arjun ^a   Kristan, Jeffrey ^a   Guyette, Francis X ^a   Callaway, Clifton W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

infection; judgment; Prediction; sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957642309     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2011.561411     Document Type: Article

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