The rationale of fever surveillance to identify patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome in Taiwan

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 202-205

  Wang, L M ^a,b,c   Chen, Y C ^a,b   Tung, S P ^a   Chen, C Y ^a   Chang, S C ^a   Chiang, S C ^a   Lee, C H ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; AGED; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; FEVER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN; TRIAGE;

EID: 33645556775     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.027037     Document Type: Article

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