A multicenter analysis of the ED diagnosis of pneumonia

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 862-865

  Chandra, Abhinav ^a   Nicks, Bret ^b   Maniago, Eric ^c   Nouh, Amre ^a   Limkakeng, Alexander ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COUGHING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEOPLASM; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; LUNG DISEASES; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXIMETRY; PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OXIMETRY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM;

EID: 77957354865     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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