Development and validation of a screening tool for early identification of bloodstream infection in older patients – a retrospective case-control study

BACKGROUND: Delayed diagnosis of bloodstream infection (BSI) occurs in > 20% of older patients, with misdiagnosis in 35%. Our objective was to develop and validate a clinically useful screening tool to identify older patients with a high probability of having a BSI. METHODS: Hospitalized patients...

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Autores principales: Walker, Sandra A. N., Bannerman, Heather, Ma, Nathan, Peragine, Christine, Elligsen, Marion, Palmay, Lesley, Williams, Evelyn, Liu, Barbara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6942330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31900110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1402-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6942330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31900110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1402-x

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