Contributions of symptoms, signs, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and C-reactive protein to a diagnosis of pneumonia in acute lower respiratory tract infection

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 53, Issue 490, 2003, Pages 358-364

  Hopstaken, Rogier M ^a   Muris, J W M ^a   Knottnerus, J A ^a   Kester, A D M ^a   Rinkens, P E L M ^a   Dinant, G J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diagnostic tests; Pneumonia; Predictive value of tests; Respiratory tract infections; Routine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038701825     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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