A comparison of different diagnostic tests in the bedside evaluation of pleuritic pain in the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 317-324

  Volpicelli, Giovanni ^a   Cardinale, Luciano ^a   Berchialla, Paola ^b   Mussa, Alessandro ^a   Bar, Fabrizio ^a   Frascisco, Mauro F ^a  

^a SAN LUIGI GONZAGA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; D DIMER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURAL PAIN; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; PLEURAL DISEASES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052196838     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.11.035     Document Type: Article

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