Cost and Utility of Microbiological Cultures Early After Intensive Care Unit Admission for Intracerebral Hemorrhage

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• 作者：Jonathan Elmer ; David Yamane ; Peter C. Hou ; Susan R. Wilcox…
• 关键词：Intracerebral hemorrhage ; Critical illness ; Microbiology ; Culture ; Antimicrobial
• 刊名：Neurocritical Care
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：26
• 期：1
• 页码：58-63
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• 刊物主题：Internal Medicine; Neurology; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1556-0961
• 卷排序：26

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BackgroundFever is common among intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Clinicians may use microbiological cultures to differentiate infectious and aseptic fever. However, their utility depends on the prevalence of infection; and false-positive results might adversely affect patient care. We sought to quantify the cost and utility of microbiological cultures in a cohort of ICU patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH).