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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |