Disposition and RiskRisk Stratification
Positive Blood Cultures
Disposition-focused answer on when ED callbacks for positive blood cultures need admission versus close outpatient follow-up.
Query: Do patients referred to the ED for positive blood cultures need to be admitted?
References
- AL
Blood Cultures in Pneumonia from Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
- AL
Blood Cultures in Pneumonia from Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
- EMD
Blood cultures: when do they make a meaningful impact on clinical care? from emDocs
- AL
Blood Cultures in Pneumonia from Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
- AL
Paucis Verbis: Does this adult patient need blood cultures? from Academic Life in Emergency Medicine