The prevalence of bacteremia in out of hospital cardiac arrest patients presenting to the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital

The prevalence of bacteremia in out of hospital cardiac arrest patients presenting to the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital

AbstractBackground Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains one of the most common causes of death. There is a scarcity of evidence concerning the prevalence of bacteraemia in cardiac arrest patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED). We aimed to determine the prevalence of bacteraemi...

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Main Authors: Gilbert Abou Dagher, Ralph Bou Chebl, Rawan Safa, Mohammad Assaf, Nadim Kattouf, Karim Hajjar, Christopher El Khuri, Iskandar Berbari, Maha Makki, Mazen El Sayed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-01-01
Series:Annals of Medicine
Subjects:
Outcome
mortality
infection
antibiotics
prophylaxis
cardiac arrest
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/07853890.2021.1953703

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