Diagnosis and prognosis of lower respiratory tract infections: A cough is not enough

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 51, Issue 464, 2001, Pages 174-175

  Verheij, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID;

ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOPLASMA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COUGH; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0035096973     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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