A clinical prediction rule for pulmonary tuberculosis in emergency departments

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 619-624

  Solari, L ^a   Acuna Villaorduna, C ^b,c   Soto, A ^a,c   Agapito, J ^d   Perez, F ^c   Samalvides, F ^c   Zegarra, J ^d   Diaz, J ^d   Gotuzzo, E ^c   Van Der Stuyft, P ^e  

^a Hospital Nacional Hipólito Unanue   (Peru)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^d HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clinical prediction rule; Emergency department; Isolation; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PERU; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 45349101859     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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