Does this adult patient have acute meningitis?

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-181

  Attia, John ^a   Hatala, Rose ^a,d   Cook, Deborah J ^a   Wong, Jeffrey G ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HENDERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PUNCTURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MENINGITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0033554085     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.2.175     Document Type: Article

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