A simple screening tool for identification of community-acquired pneumonia in an inner city emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 336-338

  Khalil, Ambreen ^a   Kelen, Gabor ^b   Rothman, Richard E ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34247893747     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.045989     Document Type: Article

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