Tuberculosis: Pathophysiology, clinical features, and diagnosis

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 34-43

  Knechel, Nancy A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DECISION TREE; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENICITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SPUTUM; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ALGORITHMS; CAUSALITY; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION TREES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPUTUM; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 67650483533     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ccn2009968     Document Type: Article

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