The role of chest radiography in the suspicion for and diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in intensive care units

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1380-1386

  Wu, J Y ^a   Ku, S C ^a   Shu, C C ^a   Fan, J Y ^b   Chen, H Y ^a   Chen, Y C ^a   Yu, C J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Intensive care unit; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 73949084931     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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