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. 2018 Dec 31;13(12):e0210019. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210019

Fig 1. Study scheme.

Fig 1

Two key conditions screened 1,168 patients who visited the emergency department from January 01, 2010 to December 31, 2016: a body temperature on arrival greater than 37.5°C and an absolute neutrophil count smaller than 1000/mm3. The study finally enrolled 400 patients for analysis after excluding those who met any of exclusion criteria as illustrated. BT, body temperature; ANC, absolute neutrophil count; PTE, pulmonary thromboembolism; ASP, apparently stable patients; CUP, clinically unstable patients.