Pharyngitis clinical prediction rules: Effect of interobserver agreement - A MetroNet study

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 142-146

  Schwartz, Kendra ^a   Monsur, Joseph ^a   Northrup, Justin ^a   West, Patricia ^b   Neale, Anne Victoria ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Group A beta hemolytic streptococcus; Inter rater reliability; Interobserver agreement; Kappa coefficient; Pharyngitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 2442696368     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00249-X     Document Type: Article

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