Diagnostic uncertainty and urinary tract infection in the emergency department: a cohort study from a UK hospital
Abstract Background Suspected urinary tract infection (UTI) syndromes are a common reason for empirical antibiotics to be prescribed in the Emergency Department (ED), but differentiating UTI from other conditions with a similar presentation is challenging. We investigated how often an ED diagnosis o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-05-01
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| Series: | BMC Emergency Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12873-020-00333-y |