Do published guidelines predict pneumonia in children presenting to an urban ED?

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 240-243

  Rothrock, Steven G ^a   Green, Steven M ^b   Fanelli, Jeanne Marie ^a   Cruzen, Eric ^a   Costanzo, Krista A ^a   Pagane, Joseph ^a  

^a ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Evidence based guidelines; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIABILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034857285     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200108000-00003     Document Type: Article

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