Identifying mortality risk from infection and blood tests
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05-08-2022
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by Romy Schuttevaer, Jelmer Alsma, Hester F.Lingsma and Stephanie CE Schuit
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A normal body temperature does not rule out having a serious infection. The choice to start with an antibiotic should therefore not only depend on the presence of a fever. This is one of the outcomes of Romy Schuttevaer’s doctoral research, which, among other things, investigated the value of presenting body temperature and comorbidity in patients with an infection.
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