Is brain imaging necessary for febrile elderly patients with altered mental status? A retrospective multicenter study

OBJECTIVE: Altered mental status (AMS) is one of the most common symptoms in the febrile elderly. Brain imaging tests are an important tool for diagnosing AMS patients. However, these may be prescribed unnecessarily in emergency departments, particularly for febrile patients with AMS for whom infect...

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Autores principales: Choi, Sungwoo, Na, Hyun, Nah, Sangun, Kang, Hayeong, Han, Sangsoo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32730315
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236763

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32730315
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236763

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