Predictors of physician confidence to diagnose pneumonia and determine illness severity in ventilated patients. Australian and New Zealand Practice in Intensive Care (ANZPIC II)

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 112-119

  Boots, R J ^a,e   Lipman, J ^a   Bellomo, R ^b   Stephens, D ^c   Heller, R F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pneumonia: prediction, confidence, severity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 14244257223     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0503300117     Document Type: Article

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