Predicting influenza A and 2009 H1N1 influenza in patients admitted to hospital with acute respiratory illness

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 500-506

  Keijzers, Gerben B ^a,b   Vossen, Caleb Nathaniel Kai Lik ^a   Zhang, Ping ^b   MacBeth, Debourough ^a   Derrington, Petra ^a   Gerrard, John Gregory ^a   Doust, Jenny ^b  

^a GOLD COAST HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROAT CULTURE; WARD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANDEMICS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT ISOLATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUEENSLAND; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956346722     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.096016     Document Type: Article

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