Blood culture use in the emergency department in patients hospitalized with respiratory symptoms due to a nonpneumonia illness

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 521-524

  Makam, Anil N ^a   Auerbach, Andrew D ^b   Steinman, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; THORAX PAIN; AGED; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BLOOD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905499635     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2205     Document Type: Article

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