Evidence-based diagnostics: Adult septic arthritis

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 781-796

  Carpenter, Christopher R ^a   Schuur, Jeremiah D ^b   Everett, Worth W ^c   Pines, Jesse M ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^c Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 80052004339     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01121.x     Document Type: Review

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