Is single observer identification of wound infection a reliable endpoint?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 333-335

  Greenwald, Peter W ^a,b   Schaible, Derek D ^a   Ruzich, Jeffrey V ^a   Prince, Sharon J ^a   Birnbaum, Adrienne J ^a   Bijur, Polly E ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; Outcomes; Wound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ERYTHEMA; HEAT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESIDENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036860392     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(02)00564-4     Document Type: Article

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