Diagnosis of ambulatory community-acquired pneumonia: Comparison of clinical assessment versus chest X-ray

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-60

  Lieberman, David ^a,b   Shvartzman, Pesach ^a   Korsonsky, Igor ^b   Lieberman, Devora ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chest X ray; Community; Pneumonia; Respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFANT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037356647     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430310000582     Document Type: Article

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