Blood culture use in the emergency department in patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia

JAMA Intern Med. 2014 May;174(5):803-6. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.13808.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bacteriological Techniques / statistics & numerical data*
  • Community-Acquired Infections / blood
  • Community-Acquired Infections / diagnosis
  • Data Collection
  • Emergency Service, Hospital / organization & administration*
  • Emergency Service, Hospital / trends
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / blood
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnosis*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Regression Analysis