Agreement between emergency physician diagnosis and radiologist reports in patients discharged from an emergency department with community-acquired pneumonia

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 242-246

  Campbell, Samuel G ^a   Murray, Daphne D ^a   Hawass, Ammar ^a   Urquhart, David ^a   Ackroyd Stolarz, Stacy ^a   Maxwell, David ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Emergency Department; Radiology reports; X ray

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 21544468878     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-005-0413-4     Document Type: Article

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