Do all Emergency Room Patients With Influenza-like Symptoms Need Blood Cultures? A Retrospective Cohort Study of 2 Annual Influenza Seasons.

Simone EhrhardLukas HerrenMeret E RicklinFranziska Suter-RinikerAristomenis K ExadaktylosWolf HautzMartin MüllerPhilipp Jent

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2024)

In this retrospective cohort study, we evaluated risk factors for bacteremia in emergency department patients presenting with influenza-like symptoms during influenza epidemic seasons. In patients without fever, chronic heart or chronic liver disease, blood culture collection might be omitted.

Keyphrases

emergency department
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
public health
healthcare
heart failure
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
physical activity
patient reported outcomes
gram negative