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Challenges and strategies for general practitioners diagnosing serious infections in older adults: a UK qualitative interview study

BACKGROUND: Serious infections in older people are associated with unplanned hospital admissions and high mortality. Recognising the presence of a serious infection and making an accurate diagnosis are important challenges for General Practice. This study aimed to explore the issues UK GPs face when...

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Autores principales: McKelvie, Sara, Moore, Abigail, Croxson, Caroline, Lasserson, Daniel S., Hayward, Gail N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6486693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31027482
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-019-0941-8