Inadequacy of temperature and white blood cell count in predicting bacteremia in patients with suspected infection

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 254-259

  Seigel, Todd A ^a   Cocchi, Michael N ^a   Salciccioli, Justin ^a   Shapiro, Nathan I ^a   Howell, Michael ^a   Tang, Amy ^a   Donnino, Michael W ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteremia; emergency department; infection; prediction; temperature; white blood cell count

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84858704887     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.05.038     Document Type: Article

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