Bacteria Blood Culture Decision Rule | Identify Patients for Culture

Are you considering doing a blood culture on a patient?

Yes

Body temperature

Age

years

Systolic blood pressure

mm Hg

White blood cell count

Percent bands in the peripheral blood smear (enter from 0 to 100)

Platelet count

Serum creatinine

Does/Has the patient ...

• show possible evidence of endocarditis?

Yes

• have an indwelling vascular catheter?

Yes

• have chills?

Yes

• been vomiting?

Yes

Results

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Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Total score

Should the patient have a blood culture drawn?

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
Clinical Diagnosis, Including Family History For Genetics
Laboratory Tests
- Gram Negative Bacteremia | Classification for Severity of Underlying Illness
- RPART Analysis for Identifying Patient at Risk for Septic Shock: With Arterial Blood Gases
Criteria For Diagnosis
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
Complications
- Pitt Bacteremia Score of Paterson et al
- Prediction Rule for Bacteremia in Patient with Community Acquired Pneumonia
Differential Diagnosis And Mimics, Red Flags
- Criteria for Distinguishing True Bacteremia from Contaminated Blood Cultures

Monitoring

Disease Progression
- Sepsis Syndrome | Risk of Bacteremia

Evaluation

Results

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Monitoring

Specialty

Objective

ICD-10

Decision Rule to Identify Patient Who Should Have a Blood Culture

Purpose: To determine if a patient in the Emergency Department should have a blood culture drawn using the decision rule of Shapiro et al.

Evaluation

Results

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Monitoring

Specialty

Objective

ICD-10