Mortality and prognostic factors of patients who have blood cultures performed in the emergency department: A cohort study

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 166-172

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

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

bacteraemia; blood cultures; cohort; emergency medicine; prognostic factors and mortality

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84966545965     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000250     Document Type: Article

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