Diagnostic uncertainty and urinary tract infection in the emergency department: a cohort study from a UK hospital

BACKGROUND: Suspected urinary tract infection (UTI) syndromes are a common reason for empirical antibiotics to be prescribed in the Emergency Department (ED), but differentiating UTI from other conditions with a similar presentation is challenging. We investigated how often an ED diagnosis of UTI is...

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Autores principales: Shallcross, Laura J., Rockenschaub, Patrick, McNulty, David, Freemantle, Nick, Hayward, Andrew, Gill, Martin J.
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/PMC7238572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32429906
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-020-00333-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7238572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32429906
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-020-00333-y

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