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Rate of bacteremia in the hemodialysis patient presenting to the emergency department with fever: a retrospective chart review

BACKGROUND: Infectious disease is the second most common cause of death in patients receiving hemodialysis (HD). When presenting to the emergency department (ED) with fever, it remains a diagnostic challenge to distinguish patients with potentially life-threatening bacterial infections from those wi...

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Autores principales: Villalon, Nicholas, Farzan, Neda, Freeman, Kathryn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5970130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29802505
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-018-0188-5