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?

OBJECTIVE: Although blood cultures are often ordered based on the presence of fever, it is a clinical challenge to identify patients eligible for blood cultures. Our aim was to evaluate the diagnostic value of temperature, C-reactive-protein (CRP), and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)...

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Autores principales: Lindvig, Katrine Prier, Henriksen, Daniel Pilsgaard, Nielsen, Stig Lønberg, Jensen, Thøger Gorm, Kolmos, Hans Jørn, Pedersen, Court, Vinholt, Pernille Just, Lassen, Annmarie Touborg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4107625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25027551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-22-39

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