Utility of Blood Cultures in Healthy Children with a History of Fever Presenting to the Emergency Department: A Comparison of Afebrile Versus Febrile on Presentation

Utility of Blood Cultures in Healthy Children with a History of Fever Presenting to the Emergency Department: A Comparison of Afebrile Versus Febrile on Presentation

Introduction:Blood cultures are often obtained from healthy paediatric patients with fever on presentation to the emergency department (ED). Although published guidelines and previous research outlined indications for obtaining blood culture and the relatively low risk of bacteraemia in vaccinated c...

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Main Authors: Jeannette Dodson, Mohamed Badawy, McElvania Tekippe, Halim Hennes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2021-08-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine
Subjects:
fever
paediatric
emergency department
blood culture
contamination
Online Access: http://www.caybdergi.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/utility-of-blood-cultures-in-healthy-children-with/47888

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