Inpatient utilization of blood cultures drawn in an urban ED

Abstract Bloodstream infections are now ranked as the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. Given the severity of bacteremia, physicians routinely order multiple sets of blood cultures in the emergency department. This is a retrospective chart review on 1124 patients admitted to the hosp...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of emergency medicine 2012, Vol.30 (1), p.110-114
Hauptverfasser:	Roque, Pedro, MD, Oliver, Brian, MD, Anderson, Leigh, MD, Mulrow, Mary, RN, Drachman, Dave, PhD, Stapczynski, Stephan, MD, LoVecchio, Frank, DO, MPH
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotics Bacteremia - blood Bacteremia - diagnosis Bacteremia - drug therapy Biological and medical sciences Blood Blood Specimen Collection - statistics & numerical data Blood. Blood and plasma substitutes. Blood products. Blood cells. Blood typing. Plasmapheresis. Apheresis Contaminants Emergency Emergency medical care Emergency medical services Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data Female Heart rate Hospital costs Hospitalization Hospitals, Urban - statistics & numerical data Humans Intensive care medicine Logistic Models Male Medical sciences Meningitis Middle Aged Multivariate analysis Organisms Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Statistical methods Teaching hospitals Transfusions. Complications. Transfusion reactions. Cell and gene therapy Urea Variables Young Adult
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