Winthrop-University Hospital Infectious Disease Division's swine influenza (H1N1) pneumonia diagnostic weighted point score system for hospitalized adults with influenza-like illnesses (ILIs) and negative rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs)

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 534-538

  Cunha, Burke A ^a   Syed, Uzma ^a   Stroll, Stephanie ^a   Mickail, Nardeen ^a   Laguerre, Marianne ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC WEIGHTED POINT SCORE SYSTEM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MYALGIA; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID INFLUENZA DIAGNOSTIC TEST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NEW YORK; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 72049101223     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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