Add to ORKGBackground: Blood cultures are routinely used to investigate suspected sepsis in the emergency department despite several studies showing their limited influence on patient management. Objectives: To quantify the use and clinical relevance of blood cultures obtained in the emergency department. Methods: A retrospective study of blood cultures taken in th
Background Blood cultures remain the gold standard for detecting bacteremia despite their limitation...
Although a vital test, blood culture is often plagued with the problem of contamination and false re...
Background The “weekend effect ” describes an increase in adverse outcomes for patients admitted at ...
Background: Blood cultures are routinely used to investigate suspected sepsis in the emergency depar...
Peripheral blood cultures in the emergency department We read with interest the study by Howie et al...
Objective: The objective of the present study is to determine whether a predictive rule could safely...
Blood culture contamination in emergency departments (ED) that experience a high volume of patients ...
[[abstract]]BACKGROUND: Blood culture contamination in emergency departments (ED) that experience a ...
An understanding of common pathogens and their antibiotic sensitivity patterns is critical for prope...
The effect of prehospital oral antibiotic use on blood culture yield in the emergency department.</p
[[abstract]]Purposes: Proposing to use the optimal antiseptics with adequate drying time as skin pre...
Background Blood cultures are an integral part of the diagnosis of bacteremia in unwell patients. Th...
Background: Blood cultures are a gold standard specific test for diagnosing many infections. However...
Blood cultures are the gold standard for detecting blood stream infections. However, in the US, 0.6-...
Objective: To describe how frequently blood cultures (BCs) are obtained in the ED and to describe t...
Background Blood cultures remain the gold standard for detecting bacteremia despite their limitation...
Although a vital test, blood culture is often plagued with the problem of contamination and false re...
Background The “weekend effect ” describes an increase in adverse outcomes for patients admitted at ...
Background: Blood cultures are routinely used to investigate suspected sepsis in the emergency depar...
Peripheral blood cultures in the emergency department We read with interest the study by Howie et al...
Objective: The objective of the present study is to determine whether a predictive rule could safely...
Blood culture contamination in emergency departments (ED) that experience a high volume of patients ...
[[abstract]]BACKGROUND: Blood culture contamination in emergency departments (ED) that experience a ...
An understanding of common pathogens and their antibiotic sensitivity patterns is critical for prope...
The effect of prehospital oral antibiotic use on blood culture yield in the emergency department.</p
[[abstract]]Purposes: Proposing to use the optimal antiseptics with adequate drying time as skin pre...
Background Blood cultures are an integral part of the diagnosis of bacteremia in unwell patients. Th...
Background: Blood cultures are a gold standard specific test for diagnosing many infections. However...
Blood cultures are the gold standard for detecting blood stream infections. However, in the US, 0.6-...
Objective: To describe how frequently blood cultures (BCs) are obtained in the ED and to describe t...
Background Blood cultures remain the gold standard for detecting bacteremia despite their limitation...
Although a vital test, blood culture is often plagued with the problem of contamination and false re...
Background The “weekend effect ” describes an increase in adverse outcomes for patients admitted at ...