A prediction rule for elderly primary-care patients with lower respiratory tract infections

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 969-975

  Bont, J ^a   Hak, E ^a   Hoes, A W ^a   Schipper, M ^b   Schellevis, F G ^c,d   Verheij, T J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Clinical prediction rule; Pognosis; Primary healthcare; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

AGE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NETHERLANDS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34248226800     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00129706     Document Type: Article

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