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Putting Clinical Gestalt to Work in the Emergency Department

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In such cases, would you wait for a lactate, white blood cell count, bandemia, or other diagnostics to confirm a source of infection before starting antibiotics, fluid resuscitation, and/or pressors? In this study, clinical gestalt is not only fast, but accurate for the benefit of timely resuscitation and intervention.