Are the World Health Organisation case definitions for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome sufficient at initial assessment?

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 414-420

  Goh, Hsin Kai ^a   Tham, K Y ^a   Seow, E ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Atypical pneumonia; Chest radiographs; Emergency department; Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS); World Health Organisation

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 23244451392     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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