Predictors of in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with bacteraemia admitted to an Internal Medicine ward

BACKGROUND: Infectious diseases are a common cause of increased morbidity and mortality in elderly patients. Bacteraemia in the elderly is a difficult diagnosis and a therapeutic challenge due to age-related vicissitudes and to their comorbidities. The main purpose of the study was to assess indepen...

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Autores principales: Rebelo, Marta, Pereira, Branca, Lima, Jandira, Decq-Mota, Joana, Vieira, José D, Costa, José N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3206823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21970460
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1755-7682-4-33

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3206823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21970460
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1755-7682-4-33

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