Delayed diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis in emergency department

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 888-892

  Tsai, Tsung Cheng ^a   Hung, Ming Szu ^a   Chen, I Chuan ^a   Chew, Ghee ^a   Lee, Wen Huei ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 53149140317     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.11.036     Document Type: Article

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