ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Acute Respiratory Illness in Immunocompetent Patients

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages W42-W44

  Kirsch, Jacobo ^a   Ramirez, José ^a   Mohammed, Tan Lucien H ^a   Amorosa, Judith K ^a   Brown, Kathleen ^a   Dyer, Debra Sue ^a   Ginsburg, Mark E ^a   Heitkamp, Darel E ^a   Jeudy, Jean ^a   MacMahon, Heber ^a   Ravenel, James G ^a   Saleh, Anthony G ^a   Shah, Rakesh D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Acute respiratory illness; Appropriateness criteria; Chest radiograph; Computed tomography; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ANTHRAX; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955566093     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e31820ffe0f     Document Type: Review

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