Interobserver agreement in the assessment of pulmonary infiltrates on chest radiography in community-acquired pneumonia;Detektion pneumonischer infiltrate bei ambulant erworbener pneumonie: übereinstimmung in der befundung der röntgen-thoraxaufnahme

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1152-1158

  Pauls, Sandra ^a   Kruger S ^b   Richter, K ^a   Muche, R ^c   Marre, R ^a   Welte, T ^d   Billich, C ^a   Gonschior, S ^a   Schumann, C ^a   Boll, D ^a   Aschoff, A J ^a   Suttorp, N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAP; Chest X ray; Community acquired pneumonia; Pneumonia; Radiograph

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; GERMANY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 36349032823     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-963286     Document Type: Article

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