Interexaminer agreement in physical examination for children with suspected soft tissue abscesses

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 475-478

  Giovanni, Joan Elizabeth ^a   Dowd, Mary Denise ^a   Kennedy, Chris ^a   Michael, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

; Abscess; Interexaminer agreement; Physical examination

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHEMA; HEAT; HUMAN; INCISION; INFANT; INTEREXAMINER AGREEMENT; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE ABSCESS;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 79960024170     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31821d8545     Document Type: Article

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