Probability of sepsis after infection consultations in primary care in the United Kingdom in 2002-2017: Population-based cohort study and decision analytic model.

Probability of sepsis after infection consultations in primary care in the United Kingdom in 2002-2017: Population-based cohort study and decision analytic model.

<h4>Background</h4>Efforts to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing have coincided with increasing awareness of sepsis. We aimed to estimate the probability of sepsis following infection consultations in primary care when antibiotics were or were not prescribed.<h4>Methods and...

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Main Authors: Martin C Gulliford, Judith Charlton, Joanne R Winter, Xiaohui Sun, Emma Rezel-Potts, Catey Bunce, Robin Fox, Paul Little, Alastair D Hay, Michael V Moore, Mark Ashworth, SafeAB Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-07-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003202

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003202

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