Accuracy Analysis of Sub Categories of Diagnosis Code Based on ICD-10 and Laboratory Test Results in Bacterial Infection CasesJETIR(www.jetir.org)Yastori
Many of non-infectious syndromes have initial clinical presentations similar to severe infections [33] The gold standard for diagnosis of systemic bacter- ial infection is the isolation of pathogens, usually from peripheral blood. Unfortunately, the sensitivity of this method is low. Thus, the ...
Infection of lungs hamper its healthy functioning and leads to various complications if left untreated. Answer and Explanation: The inflammation of the left lower lobe of the lungs can be caused by pneumonia. Pneumonia caused by bacteri...
Blood cultures were performed in 135 (77.1%) patients and were positive in 3 (2.2%) patients. Thirty (17.1%) patients had bacterial coinfection, and 18 (10.3%) had bacterial superinfection, as follows: two (11.1%) had hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), seven (38.9%) ventilated HAP, and...
Ascitic fluid infection in patients with hepatitis B virus-related liver cirrhosis: Culture-negative neutrocytic ascites vs. spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. J. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 2010, 25, 122–128. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed] Balta, S.; Demirkol, S.; Kucuk, U. The ...
All adult patients hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of HF with or without a secondary diagnosis of an acute bacterial infection during the study period were included in the analysis. All diagnoses were identified by ICD-9 codes (see Appendix A and Appendix B). Patients were excluded if ...
Nasal septal abscess (NSA) is a rare bacterial infection in the space between the septal cartilage and perichondrium [1], which is usually seen in patients with nasal trauma complicated with septal hematoma [2]. The clinical symptoms of NSA showed progressive nasal obstruction and nasal pain, ...