Presentation of the septic patient to the emergency department with respect to age and sex – a retrospective cross-sectional study
Abstract Objective It is challenging to identify sepsis in the emergency department, in part due to the non-specific presentation of septic patients. Current clinical sepsis screening tools rely on vital signs but many patients present with near normal vital signs and are therefore not identified as...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Emergency Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-022-00759-6 |