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ArticleJournal of acute medicine2023

The Prognostic Value of Time to Positivity of

Chih-Ping Chen, Yong-Ye Yang, I-Ting Tsai, Yin-Chou Hsu

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Article in Journal of acute medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Diagnostic and prognostic value of time to positivity in blood cultures. An opinion paper.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chih-Ping ChenDepartment of Emergency Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Yong-Ye YangDepartment of Emergency Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
I-Ting TsaiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Yin-Chou HsuDepartment of Emergency Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
I-Shou University · TWE-Da Hospital · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Elderly patients with intra-abdominal infection are more vulnerable to sepsis progression, especially in those who had concomitant bacteremia. The time to positivity (TTP) of blood cultures in patients with bacteremia is considered to be a prognostic factor for some bacterial species. This study aimed to investigate the prognostic value of TTP in elderly patients with intra-abdominal infection and Methods: A retrospective observational, case-control study was conducted at a single tertiary referral medical center. All elderly (aged ≥ 65 years) patients diagnosed with intra-abdominal infection and Results: A total of 101 patients were included in the study. The overall 30-day mortality rate was 11.9% (12/101). The median TTP of Conclusions: TTP was associated with 30-day mortality risk in elderly patients with

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bacteremiablood cultureelderlyintra-abdominal infectionsprognosis

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PMID38090119
PMCPMC10711367
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