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Who Needs a Blood Culture in the ED? Key point: Use of a prediction rule might reduce use of cultures in low-risk patients. Citation: Shapiro NI, Wolfe RE, Wright SB, et al. Who needs a blood culture? A prospectively derived and validated prediction rule. J Emerg Med. 2008; 35(3): 255-264. Although blood cultures often are obtained for patients in the emergency department, little evidence is available to guide patient selection for such testing. Currently, general …

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