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Title
Risk factors for death in elderly emergency department patients with suspected infection.
Authors
Caterino, Jeffrey M; Kulchycki, Lara K; Fischer, Christopher M; Wolfe, Richard E; Shapiro, Nathan I
Abstract
To identify independent risk factors for death in elderly emergency department (ED) patients admitted for infection and to derive and validate a mortality-prediction rule for such patients.
Publication
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2009, Vol 57, Issue 7, p1184