Role of body temperature in diagnosing bacterial infection in nursing home residents

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 135-140

  Sloane, Philip D ^a,b   Kistler, Christine ^a,b   Mitchell, C Madeline ^b   Beeber, Anna S ^b   Bertrand, Rosanna M ^b   Edwards, Alrick S ^b   Olsho, Lauren E W ^b   Hadden Ba, Louise S ^b   Bateman, James R ^b   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Abt Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

fever; infection; nursing homes; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; NURSING HOMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84892760475     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12596     Document Type: Article

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