Limited value of chest radiography in predicting aetiology of lower respiratory tract infection in general practice

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 547, 2008, Pages 93-97

  Graffelman, A Willy ^a   Willemssen, Francois E J A ^b   Zonderland, Harmine M ^c   Knuistingh Neven, Arie ^a   Kroes, Aloys C M ^a   van den Broek, Peterhans J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adult; Etiology; Primary health care; Radiography; Respiratory tract infections; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY PRACTICE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38949129384     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp08X264054     Document Type: Article

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