Predictive value of history and physical examination for the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia in adults;Valor predictivo de la historia clínica y examen físico en el diagnóstico de neumonía del adulto adquirida en la comunidad

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-152

  Saldías P, Fernando ^a   Cabrera T, Daniel ^a   De Solminihac L, Ignacio ^a   Hernández A, Pamela ^a   Gederlini G, Alessandra ^a   Díaz F, Alejandro ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Differential; Pneumonia; Radiography; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33947600576     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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