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Cost-effectiveness of molecular diagnostic assays for the therapy of severe sepsis and septic shock in the emergency department

OBJECTIVES: Sepsis presents a major burden to the emergency department (ED). Because empiric inappropriate antimicrobial therapy (IAAT) is associated with increased mortality, rapid molecular assays may decrease IAAT and improve outcomes. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of molecular testing as a...

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Autores principales: Zacharioudakis, Ioannis M., Zervou, Fainareti N., Shehadeh, Fadi, Mylonakis, Eleftherios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6534337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31125382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217508