The degree of bandemia in septic ED patients does not predict inpatient mortality

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 181-183

  Ward, Michael J ^a   Fertel, Baruch S ^a   Bonomo, Jordan B ^a   Smith, Carol L ^a   Hart, Kimberly W ^a   Lindsell, Christopher J ^a   Wright, Stewart W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANDEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SURVIVOR;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 81755176057     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.08.018     Document Type: Article

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