Detection of occult pneumonia in a pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 615-621

  Shah, Sonal ^a   Mathews, Bonnie ^a   Neuman, Mark I ^a   Bachur, Richard ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

chest radiograph; chest radiography; diagnostic testing; fever; pneumonia; radiology; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCULT PNEUMONIA; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PEDIATRIC WARD; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE OXIMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957333560     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181ef04a3     Document Type: Article

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