How do bacteraemic patients present to the emergency department and what is the diagnostic validity of the clinical parameters; temperature, C-reactive protein and systemic inflammatory response syndrome?

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lindvig, Katrine P ^a   Henriksen, Daniel P ^a   Nielsen, Stig L ^a   Jensen, Thøger G ^a   Kolmos, Hans J ^a   Pedersen, Court ^a   Vinholt, Pernille J ^a   Lassen, Annmarie T ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; C reactive protein; Emergency medicine; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome; Temperature

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904079334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-22-39     Document Type: Article

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