Performance characteristics of clinical diagnosis, a clinical decision rule, and a rapid influenza test in the detection of influenza infection in a community sample of adults

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 412-419

  Stein, John ^a   Louie, Janice ^c   Flanders, Scott ^d   Maselli, Judith ^b   Hacker, Jill K ^e   Drew, W Lawrence ^a   Gonzales, Ralph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA EMERGING INFECTIONS PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 27644530527     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.05.020     Document Type: Article

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