Development and validation of a clinical decision rule for the diagnosis of influenza

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-62

  Ebell, Mark H ^a   Afonso, Anna M ^a   Gonzales, Ralph ^b   Stein, John ^b   Genton, Blaise ^c   Senn, Nicolas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical epidemiology; Decision sciences; Evidence based medicine; Primary health care; Respiratory tract diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SORE THROAT; SWEAT; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855661408     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.01.110161     Document Type: Article

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