Disagreement in the interpretation of chest radiographs among specialists and clinical outcomes of patients hospitalized with suspected pneumonia

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-47

  Novack, Victor ^a   Avnon, Lone S ^a   Smolyakov, Alexander ^a   Barnea, Rachel ^a   Jotkowitz, Alan ^a   Schlaeffer, Francisc ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chest radiograph; Inter observer agreement; Outcomes; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29344466438     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2005.07.008     Document Type: Article

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