Open AccessBlood Cultures in Ambulatory Patients Who Are Discharged from Emergency with Community‐Acquired Pneumonia
Author(s) -
Thomas J. Marrie
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-1493
pISSN - 1712-9532
DOI - 10.1155/2004/530645
Subject(s) - ambulatory , pneumonia , medicine , community acquired pneumonia , intensive care medicine , blood culture , emergency medicine , medical emergency , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology
To determine the factors that predict whether or not ambulatory patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) treated in an emergency room (ER) setting will have blood cultures drawn and the factors that predict a positive blood culture.
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