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Telephonic description of sepsis among callers to an emergency dispatch centre in South Africa
INTRODUCTION: Sepsis is an acute, life-threatening condition caused by a dysregulated systemic response to infection. Early medical intervention such as antibiotics and fluid resuscitation can be life-saving. Diagnosis or suspicion of sepsis by an emergency call-taker could potentially improve patie...
Autores principales: | Stassen, Willem, Larsson, Eric, Wood, Courtney, Kurland, Lisa |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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African Federation for Emergency Medicine
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7320201/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32612910 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2020.01.002 |
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