Derivation of a triage algorithm for chest radiography of community-acquired pneumonia patients in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-44

  Kyriacou, Demetrios N ^a   Yarnold, Paul R ^a   Soltysik, Robert C ^b   Self, Wesley H ^a   Wunderink, Richard G ^a   Schmitt, Brian P ^c   Parada, Jorge P ^d   Adams, James G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Emergency department; Triage

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHICAGO; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE;

EID: 44449150760     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2007.00011.x     Document Type: Article

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