How do bacteraemic patients present to the emergency department and what is the diagnostic validity of the clinical parameters; temperature, C-reactive protein and systemic inflammatory response syndrome?

• Published in: Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine resuscitation and emergency medicine, 2014-07, Vol.22 (1), p.39-39, Article 39
• Main Authors: Lindvig, Katrine Prier, Pilsgaard Henriksen, Daniel, Lønberg Nielsen, Stig, Gorm Jensen, Thøger, Kolmos, Hans Jørn, Pedersen, Court, Vinholt, Pernille Just, Lassen, Annmarie Touborg
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; akuttavdelinger; Antibiotics; bacteraemia; Bacteremia - blood; Bacteremia - diagnosis; Bacteremia - physiopathology; bakteriemi; Blood; Body Temperature; C-reactive protein; C-Reactive Protein - metabolism; Comorbidity; Creatinine; Diagnosis, Differential; E coli; Emergency medical care; Emergency medicine; Emergency service; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Health aspects; Hospitalization; Hospitals; Humans; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medical examination; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Microorganisms; Middle Aged; Mortality; Original Research; Oxygen saturation; Pathogens; Patients; Proteins; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Sepsis; Severity of Illness Index; Streptococcus infections; systemic inflammatory response syndrome; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome - blood; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome - diagnosis; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome - physiopathology; temperature; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1757-7241; 1757-7241
• DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-22-39

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