TY - JOUR T1 - Peripheral blood cultures in the emergency department JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 317 LP - 317 DO - 10.1136/emj.2007.054502 VL - 25 IS - 5 AU - E Smith AU - F Khan Y1 - 2008/05/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/25/5/317.1.abstract N2 - We read with interest the study by Howie et al1 showing that only 4 out of 2213 blood cultures (0.2%) taken in their department influenced patient management. These results are in keeping with other similar studies that have been published.In our department … ER -