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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...
Autores principales: | Walker, Sandra A. N., Bannerman, Heather, Ma, Nathan, Peragine, Christine, Elligsen, Marion, Palmay, Lesley, Williams, Evelyn, Liu, Barbara |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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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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