A comprehensive evidence-based approach to fever of unknown origin

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 545-551

  Mourad, Ophyr ^a,c   Palda, Valerie ^a,b,c   Detsky, Allan S ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW CULTURE; CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOCARDITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LIVER BIOPSY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REVIEW; RISK; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOCARDITIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; LIVER; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0037429640     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.5.545     Document Type: Review

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