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Suspected infection in afebrile patients: Are they septic?

We prospectively evaluated afebrile patients admitted to an emergency department (ED), with suspected infection and only tachycardia or tachypnea. The white blood cell count (WBC) was obtained, and patients were considered septic if leukocyte count was >12,000 μL–1 or <4000 μL–1 or with >10...

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Autores principales: Martins, Fernanda de Souza, Guedes, Gisele Giuliane, Santos, Thiago Martins, de Carvalho-Filho, Marco A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5348205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28272257
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000006299