Can data from an electronic medical record identify which patients with pneumonia have Pneumocystis carinii infection?

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 73, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 743-750

  Diero, Lameck ^a,b,c   Stiffler, Troy ^c   Einterz, Robert M ^b   Tierney, William M ^b,c,d  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WISHARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; AIDS; Clinical prediction; HIV; Opportunistic infections; Pneumocystis carinii

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ELECTRONIC DATA; PATHOLOGY DATABASES; PNEUMONIA;

ANTIBIOTICS; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG THERAPY; RADIOGRAPHY;

PULMONARY DISEASES;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA BASE; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 7444267310     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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