Diagnostic Value of Chest Radiographs in Bedridden Patients Suspected of Having Pneumonia

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Esayag, Yaacov ^a   Nikitin, Irina ^a   Bar Ziv, Jacob ^a   Cytter, Ruth ^a   Hadas Halpern, Irith ^a   Zalut, Todd ^a   Yinnon, Amos M ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bedridden; Chest computed tomography; Chest radiograph; Pneumonia; Predictive values; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BED REST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72649105010     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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