CURB-65 pneumonia severity assessment adapted for electronic decision support

Chest

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 156-163

  Jones, Barbara E ^a   Jones, Jason ^b   Bewick, Thomas ^c   Lim, Wei Shen ^c   Aronsky, Dominik ^d   Brown, Samuel M ^a,b   Boersma, Wim G ^e   Van Der Eerden, Menno M ^e,f   Dean, Nathan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURB 65 SCORE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960435704     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-1296     Document Type: Article

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